Tuesday, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced that 16 people have been charged with multiple felonies for their role in a “false electors” plan after the 2020 U.S. presidential election.
In December 2020, a group of people secretly met and are now accused of pretending to be Michigan electors. They are accused of submitting fake documents to the US Senate and National Archives, with the goal of invalidating the 2020 election results.
Kathy Berden from Snover, William (Hank) Choate from Cement City, Amy Facchinello from Grand Blanc, and Clifford Frost from Warren are all defendants who have been charged with six counts each. These charges include conspiracy to commit forgery and election law forgery. Both of these charges carry a penalty of 14 years and 5 years in prison, respectively.
“The false electors’ actions undermined the public’s faith in the integrity of our elections and, we believe, also plainly violated the laws by which we administer our elections in Michigan,” said Nessel.
Today, @MIAttyGen @dananessel announced felony charges against 16 Michigan residents for their role in the alleged false electors scheme following the 2020 U.S. presidential election. Read more ➡️ https://t.co/ODhkAQfXNP /1 pic.twitter.com/u5riNpTD5I
— Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel (@MIAttyGen) July 18, 2023
“My department has prosecuted numerous cases of election law violations throughout my tenure, and it would be malfeasance of the greatest magnitude if my department failed to act here in the face of overwhelming evidence of an organized effort to circumvent the lawfully cast ballots of millions of Michigan voters in a presidential election.”
According to reports, individuals who have been accused of wrongdoing allegedly gathered in the basement of the Michigan Republican Party headquarters in December signed certificates claiming they were the duly elected and qualified electors for the position of President and Vice President of the United States of America for the State of Michigan. It is alleged that these certificates were subsequently sent to the United States Senate and National Archives in a coordinated effort to award Michigan’s electoral votes to a candidate who wasn’t elected by the people of Michigan.
During a civil rights conference in Lansing, Nessel gave a speech where she stated her opinion that having a “drag queen for every school” would be beneficial, as she also previously stated that “drag queens make everything better.”
"A Drag Queen for Every School"
Dana Nessel pic.twitter.com/SdlzzAZb9X— Jonathan (@YO_SOY_JP9) July 18, 2023
Huge props to @gatewaypundit for acquiring this video
When they originally posted about it, Twitter 1.0 banned them
That’s how you know this is damning evidence of the fraud
— DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) July 18, 2023
“The evidence will demonstrate there was no legal authority for the false electors to purport to act as ‘duly elected presidential electors’ and execute the false electoral documents,” Nessel continued. “Every serious challenge to the election had been denied, dismissed, or otherwise rejected by the time the false electors convened. There was no legitimate legal avenue or plausible use of such a document or an alternative slate of electors.”
A court has notified all defendants and their attorneys about the charges. Each defendant will receive a date for arraignment at the 54-A District Court in Ingham County. The Michigan Department of Attorney General may charge more defendants as the investigation continues. The 16 charged defendants will appear in court individually for arraignments, but the court has not assigned dates for further proceedings yet.
This is Dana Nessel, Michigan’s Democrat Attorney General, calling for every school in Michigan to have a drag queen to "lift up" "kids who have emotional issues". If you vote Democrat, this is what you’re voting for along with child mutilation. pic.twitter.com/i5wJCppsbw
— Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) November 6, 2022