New reaction is coming in tonight after 18 people were indicted in an alleged plot to overturn Arizona’s 2020 presidential election on Wednesday.
New reaction is coming in tonight after 18 people were indicted in an alleged plot to overturn Arizona’s 2020 presidential election results on Wednesday. So-called "fake electors" including several Arizona GOP leaders were named while others were not.The known defendants are a who’s who in the Arizona Republican Party ranging from party officials to committee members to a former Senate candidate plus, two state lawmakers. Now they are all facing some very serious charges.
From forgery to fraud and emails and texts pressuring elected officials to use them as the state's certified electors, accusers say it was a concerted effort to hand Arizona's 2020 election to Donald Trump. "This is a very serious crime," said Tami Cani, a Democratic political consultant for the Biden-Harris campaign. "I don’t know how much time they might serve, but I do think it’ll be really good for our democracy if people who commit a crime like this are found guilty.
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