Fake GOP Electors Subpoenaed By January 6 Committee

The House's January 6 committee issued subpoenas for 14 Republicans who submitted altered Electoral College votes to Congress.

The chairperson and secretary of the state GOP were subpoenaed by the House select committee.

The Republicans in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, New Mexico, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin submitted false slates of electors to the National Archives, which were all won by President Joe Biden.

The committee said that the Trump campaign tried to delay or block Congress from certifying the Electoral College votes on January 6.

The committee wants to know who was behind the scheme and how the alternate electors met.

The Washington Post and CNN reported that the Trump campaign was involved in coordinating the false elector certificates.

The committee subpoenaed Giuliani because he tried to disrupt or delay the certification of election results.

The DOJ is looking into the fake elector slates after multiple states asked them to look into it, according to the deputy attorney general. State officials in Michigan and New Mexico have looked into the certificates for possible violations of state law, with Michigan AG Dana Nessel noting the false documents could constitute illegal forgery of public records and election documents.

Key Background

The false elector slates were part of a broader campaign by Trump and his allies to overturn the presidential election, which included dozens of failed lawsuits, efforts to persuade state officials to buck the will of the voters and, ultimately, the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol building The meetings of the electors in battleground states were made public when the Trump campaign said they were involved in the effort. The issue has come under more scrutiny in recent weeks after the House committee released documents in December showing former White House Chief of Staff MarkMeadows was involved in discussions about the alternate electors plot.

Surprising Fact

Republican officials in other states may face more legal ramifications than the fake GOP electors in Pennsylvania and New Mexico. Most of the fake certificates claimed that the Republicans were the state's electors, which they weren't. According to documents published by American Oversight, Republicans in Pennsylvania and New Mexico presented themselves as an alternate slate of electors if Biden's win in the states were to be challenged. In the event of a court order, the GOP officials in Pennsylvania may be recognized as qualified electors.

The deputy attorney general tells CNN that prosecutors are looking at 2020.

The plan for Trump's electoral votes was coordinated by Giuliani.

The fake electors plot was overseen by Trump campaign officials.

The Trump campaign tried to overturn the election.

Following Trump's loss, documents show that the Meadows pushed for an alternate slate of electors.

The Michigan AG wants the feds to investigate fake GOP electors.