LANSING (WWJ) – All 16 so-called “fake electors” accused of trying to overturn Michigan’s 2020 Presidential Election results in an attempt to keep former President Donald Trump in power have now been arraigned on felony charges.
While seven Michigan Republicans had previously entered not guilty pleas, the remaining nine fake electors were arraigned via Zoom in Ingham County District Court on Thursday.
Last month Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel filed charges claiming they secretly met following the 2020 election and signed a document falsely claiming they were the state’s “duly elected and qualified electors.”
Among those previously arraigned in the case was former Michigan Republican Party co-chair Meshawn Maddock, of Milford. On Thursday her evidentiary hearing was pushed back to October.
Those arraigned Thursday were John Haggard of Charlevoix, Kathy Berden, who now lives in Tennessee, Michele Lundgren of Detroit, Mayra Rodriguez of Grosse Pointe Farms, Amy Facchinello of Grand Blanc, Clifford Frost of Warren, James Renner of Lansing, Ken Thompson of Orleans and Timothy King of Ypsilant.
Judge Laura Millmore set personal recognizance bonds of $1,000 for all nine defendants. The judge also set restrictions on gun and ammo possession, but noted she didn’t believe any were a flight risk, according to The Detroit Free Press.
“They weren’t the duly elected and qualified electors, and each of the defendants knew it,” Nessel said last month in announcing the charges. “They carried out these actions with the hope and belief that the electoral votes of Michigan’s 2020 election would be awarded to the candidate of their choosing, instead of the candidate that Michigan voters actually chose."
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