After Joe Biden won the presidency four years ago, six Nevada Republicans submitted false paperwork indicating that Donald Trump had actually won the state’s electoral votes.
Even Trump’s own White House counsel said it was illegal.
It’s taken about three years for Nevada to get involved, as Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford has now indicted the six. But on what charges? What will happen now?
In Reno this weekend, Trump called out three of Nevada’s fake electors Sunday, saying they’re being treated unfairly less than 24 hours before they were scheduled to be arraigned, the Associated Press reported.
Trump did not directly mention the charges nor the upcoming court date during the rally in Reno, but he cast the fake electors as victims in a brief portion of a speech that spanned more than an hour.
“A tremendous man, tremendous guy, gets treated so unfairly and he loves this country and he loves this state,” Trump said of Nevada GOP Chairman Michael McDonald, who was one of six Republicans indicted earlier this month by a Nevada grand jury.
Guests: Sam Gringlas, reporter, WABE; Paul Boger, reporter, Nevada Public Radio
