The 16 people each face eight charges, including conspiracy, election law forgery, and uttering and publishing, Attorney General Dana Nessel said in a video announcement. Nessel called the alleged plan a 'desperate effort' to 'undermine democracy.'
Smith's investigation is focused on, among other things, the attempted use of fake Electoral College slates to thwart Biden's victory.by more than 154,000 votes in Michigan, the defendants met covertly in the basement of the state GOP headquarters and signed documents claiming to be the legally qualified electors for the state in the Electoral College, according to Nessel.
The bogus electoral documents were then sent to the U.S. Senate and the National Archives"with the intent that Vice President Mike Pence would overturn the results of the election using the false electoral slate," Nessel said. CNN reported in early 2021 that Maddock, the co-chair of the Michigan Republican Party was heard on an audio recording at a public event as saying,"We fought to seat the electors. The Trump campaign asked us to do that."
Pence, as part of his constitutional duties, presided over a joint session of Congress that began meeting Jan. 6, 2021, to certify Biden's victory in the Electoral College.
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