Arizona fake electors, Trump aides plead not guilty in Maricopa County court
Source: Arizona Republic aka AZ Central
Arizona fake electors, Trump aides plead not guilty in Maricopa County court
Elena Santa Cruz, Miguel Torres, Jimmy Jenkins, Arizona Republic
Published 6:00 a.m. MT May 21, 2024 * Updated 10:09 a.m. MT May 21, 2024
Nine Arizona Republicans and two Trump aides pleaded not guilty in a Maricopa County court Tuesday to criminal charges stemming from a plan to keep Donald Trump in the White House by falsely certifying he won the state in 2020.
"I drove two and half hours for this," said Stuart Green, who is retired and lives north of Sedona, before he entered the courtroom to watch. "I wanted to see the faces of the people who tried to end our democracy."
Eighteen people were indicted by a grand jury in April in connection with a plan for Arizona's Republican electors to pretend Trump won the state's popular vote. All face nine felony counts, including conspiracy, forgery and fraud. If convicted, they could face time in prison. But state law allows for less severe penalties, including probation, depending on a defendant's circumstances, like past criminal history.
After his clients — fake electors Kelli Ward and Michael Ward — entered their pleas, attorney Brad Miller said prosecutors have not yet clearly defined what they had done that was criminal under state law. ... “They haven’t been charged with the crime of alleging that the election was stolen,” Miller said. “We want to make sure that the facts of the allegations match the crime.”
Read more: https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/05/21/fake-electors-trump-aides-to-enter-pleas-in-maricopa-county-court/73675956007/
Hat tip, Joe.My.God.
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