Appeals court affirms federal judge's decision to abstain from Michigan fake elector case
A panel of three federal appeals judges have upheld a lower court decision to not intervene with the state’s case against a group of individuals the Michigan Attorney General’s Office says submitted false electoral votes in 2020 for President Donald Trump.
It’s been nearly two years since Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced a group of 16 individuals would each face several felonies carrying years of potential prison time for what she said was an undermining of the public’s faith in elections and a flagrant violation of the law.
According to investigators, after Trump lost Michigan to former President Joe Biden in 2020 by about 150,000 votes in the presidential race, 16 individuals from across the state met in the basement of the Michigan Republican Party’s Lansing headquarters on Dec. 14, 2020. There investigators say the group signed and submitted false documents contending they were the rightful slate of electors for Michigan. Those affidavits were then submitted to the United States Senate and National Archives.
The case has been lengthy, with a state judge hearing out the defense and prosecution of 15 defendants after the state dropped the case against one of the defendants.
https://michiganadvance.com/2025/04/21/appeals-court-affirms-federal-judges-decision-to-abstain-from-michigan-fake-elector-case/