Nevada ‘Fake Electors’ Still Face State Felony Charges Despite Trump’s Pardon

On Sunday, U.S. Pardon Attorney Ed Martin announced that President Donald Trump pardoned the “fake electors” who were chosen amid the controversial 2020 election. In a letter, Martin notes that Nevada’s Supreme Court ignored evidence related to fraudulent voting by non citizens, deceased voters and vote buying on Indian reservations. As a precaution, the Nevada GOP selected six electors to certify the election for then-candidate President Trump if the lawsuits filed by the Trump campaign succeeded in courts throughout the country.

In his letter, Martin maintains the electors acted within their constitutional duties and U.S. law,  but were subjected to “partisan, political prosecutions” by Democrat Attorneys General. Byron York referred to Democrats’ efforts as the “Democratic Scandal Du Jour.”

In October, a Carson City judge ruled that state felony forgery charges against Nevada’s six so-called “fake electors” could proceed to a higher court. Judge Derek Dreiling said it was the “hardest call I’ve had to make in my career.”

The six Republican defendants are accused of forging documents to certify Donald Trump Nevada’s electoral votes in 2020, despite Joe Biden winning the state by approximately 30,000 votes.

Attorney General Aaron Ford (D-NV) has pursued the case for years against the Republican defendants, who include NV GOP Chairman Michael McDonald, Vice Chair Jim Hindle III, Republican National Committeeman Jim DeGraffenreid, former Clark County Republican Party chair Jesse Law, and republicans Shawn Meehan and Eileen Rice.

In a statement, Ford said that “Trump’s actions have no bearing on our decision-making or prosecution under Nevada state law.”