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Indictment—Georgia
In August 2023, the district attorney in Fulton County, Georgia, indicted Trump and 18 co-defendants on 41 counts of criminal racketeering to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
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Georgia Fake Electors
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Jones, Burt
Burt Jones is a former Republican state senator (2013–23) in Georgia who helped spread the Big Lie and fraudulently appoint “fake electors.”
In 2022, he won election as lieutenant governor with Trump’s endorsement and is already presumed to be a likely 2026 candidate for governor.
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Ligon, William
About William Ligon is a Georgia state senator who supported efforts to call a special session of the Georgia General Assembly into session in order to overturn the state’s election results in favor of President Joe Biden. Ligon also has ties to some of the most prominent election deniers in circles close to former President … Read more
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Michigan Fake Electors
Sixteen Republican residents of Michigan attempted to subvert the results of the 2020 presidential election by submitting fake Electoral College documents to Congress as part of the Jan. 6. 2021 certification process.
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Mike Roman
As Trump’s director of Election Day operations in 2020, Mike Roman was deeply involved in his efforts to overturn the result, actively working to coordinate the fake electors scheme, among other strategies to help the defeated president retain his grip on power.
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Nevada Fake Electors
Six Republican residents of Nevada attempted to subvert the results of the 2020 presidential election by submitting fake Electoral College documents to Congress as part of the Jan. 6. 2021 certification process.
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New Mexico Fake Electors
Five Republican residents of New Mexico attempted to subvert the results of the 2020 presidential election by submitting fake Electoral College documents to Congress as part of the Jan. 6. 2021 certification process.
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Pennsylvania Fake Electors
Twenty Republican residents of Pennsylvania attempted to subvert the results of the 2020 presidential election by submitting fake Electoral College documents to Congress as part of the Jan. 6. 2021 certification process.
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Troupis, James
Jim Troupis, a prominent Republican lawyer and judge in Wisconsin, was deeply involved in the fake electors scheme and other efforts to overturn the 2020 election results when he worked as a Trump campaign operative in the state.
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Trump, Donald J.
Donald Trump is a businessman who served one term as president of the U.S., holding office from Jan. 20, 2017–Jan. 20, 2021. He was the first president in U.S. history with no prior experience in government or the military, and by the end of his term in office, he also became the first president to be impeached twice.