CARSON CITY, Nev. (FOX5) — Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford issued a statement Monday after his office appealed a judge’s decision to dismiss the case against the 2020 fake electors.
The case involved six Nevada Republicans accused of submitting a certificate that falsely declared Donald Trump the winner of Nevada’s 2020 presidential election. A judge dismissed the case in August.
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“The job of my office is to seek justice, and we will continue to do so in this case,” Ford said. “We believe that the District Court’s decision was wrong and we are confident that the Supreme Court of Nevada will agree. The 2020 fake electors attempted to undermine the results of Nevada’s free and fair election and in doing so attacked the very core of our democracy. I look forward to continuing the work needed to hold them accountable.”
Ford brought charges of forgery and “offering a false instrument for filing or record” against the six Republicans, who pleaded not guilty. The defendants included Michael McDonald, chair of the Nevada Republican Party, and Jesse Law, former chair of the Clark County Republican Party.
After the 2020 election, the six Republican electors gathered outside the Nevada Legislature to sign a certificate giving the state’s six electoral votes to Trump, despite Joe Biden winning the state by more than 30,000 votes. The ceremony was broadcast online, and the video footage was used as evidence in the case.
Nevada Judge Mary Kay Holthus ruled there was a lack of evidence showing the electors intended to deceive government officials and determined the state failed to disclose exculpatory evidence to the grand jury.
Similar fake elector cases in Arizona, Michigan and Georgia have also been dismissed.
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