State prosocutors backed away from the effort…..
Several states ARE still going after people for criminal ‘fake electors’ actions in the 2020 Presidential Election…
The action, if it had gone ahead would have been the FIFTH c riminal case against ex-President who IS Now a convicted Felon….
A state grand jury in Arizona that charged 18 people this spring in a scheme that sought to overturn Donald J. Trump’s 2020 election loss wanted to indict him, too, according to court papers released on Tuesday.
But prosecutors, the papers said, recommended that Mr. Trump should not be charged, citing a Justice Department policy that discourages bringing state and federal cases against the same defendant that are largely based on similar facts.
The court papers, filed in Phoenix by the Arizona attorney general’s office, revealed for the first time that the grand jurors investigating allegations of interference in that state’s election seriously considered bringing charges against Mr. Trump. Some of the grand jurors even appeared to be upset when a state prosecutor suggested they should not.
“I have not recommended that in the draft indictment, despite clear indications from you all that there’s an interest in pursuing a charge against him,” the papers quoted the unnamed prosecutor as saying of Mr. Trump…..
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Though Mr. Trump was never charged in the case and his name did not appear in the 58-page indictment, he was mentioned several times as Unindicted Co-Conspirator 1, described as “a former president of the United States who spread false claims of election fraud following the 2020 election.”
In the past year or so, five states, including Arizona, have filed criminal cases focusing on the fake elector scheme, which has long been one of the most expansive and complicated schemes used by Mr. Trump in his attempt to stay in power……
CG says
Trump campaign worked with progressive Left to try to sink Shapiro:
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-world-fueled-anti-shapiro-whisper-campaign
CG says
and I didnt even know james was just posting that!
We were told to “knock it off” regarding Shapiro.
jamesb says
Shapiro IS in the rear view mirror
Trump STILL is talking about Biden
People gotta move on
CG says
Here is the point james, besides the fact that you have begged for comments here, when there often were none…
Regardless of the topic, you are the LAST person that should be telling ANYONE to “move on” from anything.
Know thyself.
jamesb says
AGAIN…..
Shapiro IS in the rear view mirror
Trump STILL is talking about Biden
People gotta move on
It appears Donald Trump can’t…..
THIS IS MY Point…..