Grand jury indicts 18 in alleged Arizona fake elector scheme to re-elect Trump
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes said in a press release announcing the charges that those names would be made public after all of the defendants had been served. Electors are people chosen to formally cast a state's electoral votes in the U.S. Electoral College system used in presidential elections.
A grand jury has indicted 18 people on charges that they took part in an Arizona fake elector scheme to re-elect then-U.S. President Donald Trump in 2020, the state's attorney general said on Wednesday.
The court papers list a "former U.S. president," presumably Trump, as an unindicted co-conspirator. The indictment is redacted to conceal the name of seven defendants, in addition to the 11 who were named. Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes said in a press release announcing the charges that those names would be made public after all of the defendants had been served.
Electors are people chosen to formally cast a state's electoral votes in the U.S. Electoral College system used in presidential elections.
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