Rudy Giuliani and former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows were among the eighteen Republicans indicted by an Arizona grand jury on Wednesday for conspiracy, fraud, and forgery. The Republicans had submitted a document to Congress that purportedly showed that Donald Trump had defeated Joe Biden in the state's popular vote in the 2020 presidential election.
The court filings name an unindicted co-conspirator as a "prior U.S. president," most likely alluding to President Trump.
In the papers that were made public, Democratic Attorney General Kris Mayes blacked out the names of seven people who were charged. Nonetheless, it is evident from court records that White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and former personal attorney Rudy Giuliani are two of the defendants whose names were removed from the indictment.
In a news statement, her office said the identities will be made public as soon as those people received the accusations.
The indictment states that on November 3, 2020, the people of Arizona and the United States voted Joseph Biden to be President.
"Defendants and unindicted coconspirators plotted to obstruct the constitutional transfer of power in order to maintain Unindicted Coconspirator 1's president against the will of Arizona people, since they were unable to acknowledge this reality. Voters in Arizona would not have been able to cast ballots or have them counted under this plan.
Those chosen to formally cast a state's electoral votes in the United States Electoral College system, which is used for presidential elections, are known as electors.
Joe Biden's winning seven states' alternative electors were part of the "fake electors" plot. On December 14, 2020, when electors countrywide had to gather at state capitols to cast votes, these electors vowed to back President Trump. Though called "fake electors," they saw themselves as contingent voters. They said it was crucial to understand that "Constitution takes precedence over statute" and that they thought they were casting a procedural vote allowing President Trump to save the right to do so in the event that he wins legal challenges examining the validity of the state's election results.
Eleven individuals from Arizona who have been named as purported "fake electors"—Tyler Bowyer, Nancy Cottle, Jake Hoffman, Anthony Kern, Jim Lamon, Robert Montgomery, Samuel Moorhead, Loraine Pellegrino, Greg Safsten, Kelli Ward, and Michael Ward—are each facing nine criminal charges. These accusations include forgeries, artifices, fraudulent schemes, and conspiracy.
Text exchanges and emails between "unindicted conspirators," whose names are kept a secret, are included in the indictment. Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, attorneys Rudy Giuliani, Jenna Ellis, John Eastman, and Christina Bobb, campaign advisor Boris Epshteyn, and former campaign assistant Mike Roman are among the associates of President Trump mentioned in these correspondence.
The court filings name an unindicted co-conspirator as a "prior U.S. president," most likely alluding to President Trump.
In the papers that were made public, Democratic Attorney General Kris Mayes blacked out the names of seven people who were charged. Nonetheless, it is evident from court records that White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and former personal attorney Rudy Giuliani are two of the defendants whose names were removed from the indictment.
In a news statement, her office said the identities will be made public as soon as those people received the accusations.
The indictment states that on November 3, 2020, the people of Arizona and the United States voted Joseph Biden to be President.
"Defendants and unindicted coconspirators plotted to obstruct the constitutional transfer of power in order to maintain Unindicted Coconspirator 1's president against the will of Arizona people, since they were unable to acknowledge this reality. Voters in Arizona would not have been able to cast ballots or have them counted under this plan.
Those chosen to formally cast a state's electoral votes in the United States Electoral College system, which is used for presidential elections, are known as electors.
Joe Biden's winning seven states' alternative electors were part of the "fake electors" plot. On December 14, 2020, when electors countrywide had to gather at state capitols to cast votes, these electors vowed to back President Trump. Though called "fake electors," they saw themselves as contingent voters. They said it was crucial to understand that "Constitution takes precedence over statute" and that they thought they were casting a procedural vote allowing President Trump to save the right to do so in the event that he wins legal challenges examining the validity of the state's election results.
Eleven individuals from Arizona who have been named as purported "fake electors"—Tyler Bowyer, Nancy Cottle, Jake Hoffman, Anthony Kern, Jim Lamon, Robert Montgomery, Samuel Moorhead, Loraine Pellegrino, Greg Safsten, Kelli Ward, and Michael Ward—are each facing nine criminal charges. These accusations include forgeries, artifices, fraudulent schemes, and conspiracy.
Text exchanges and emails between "unindicted conspirators," whose names are kept a secret, are included in the indictment. Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, attorneys Rudy Giuliani, Jenna Ellis, John Eastman, and Christina Bobb, campaign advisor Boris Epshteyn, and former campaign assistant Mike Roman are among the associates of President Trump mentioned in these correspondence.
