A Friday court filing indicates that at least eight electors in Georgia have accepted immunity deals related to an investigation of former Republican President Donald Trump and the 2020 presidential election.
Last summer, Audacy reported that 16 individuals who signed an “unofficial electoral certificate” as part of a plot to overturn the 2020 election results could be indicted in a criminal investigation. Trump has made frequent claims that voter fraud cost him the election, which current President Joe Biden won.
CNN described the Republican eight electors who accepted immunity deals as “fake electors” and said that they could “offer insights into a key prong of [Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’] sprawling investigation into election interference: the attempts to put forward alternate slates of electors to block the certification of the 2020 presidential vote and the role Trump’s allies played in organizing the effort.”
Attempts to block the electoral vote extended to the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021. During the deadly riot, protestors disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress in the process of affirming the presidential election results for Biden.
Members of the House committee to investigate the riot also detailed a scheme related to the fake electors. CNN said that “other Republicans who served as pro-Trump electors could still face legal exposure in her investigation,” citing people familiar with the matter.
According to the outlet, the Friday filing “was attorney Kimberly Bourroughs Debrow’s response to an earlier motion from Willis seeking to have Debrow disqualified from the case,” and Debrow represents a group of the fake electors.
“The District Attorney’s Motion is reckless, frivolous, offensive, and completely without merit,” Debrow wrote in Friday’s filing. Per CNN, the district attorney’s office declined to comment.
“Willis recently told local law enforcement officials in a letter that she plans to make an announcement on possible charges against Trump or his allies between July 11 and September 1,” said the outlet.
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