Who are the 18 indicted co-conspirators in the Arizona fake electors’ scheme?
An Arizona grand jury indicted 18 individuals for their role in an alleged scheme to overturn the 2020 election in favour of Donald Trump by falsely certifying the state’s 2020 election results.
The state’s Attorney General Kris Mayes has so far released the names of 16 of those charged, explaining that two of the defendants’ names have been redacted but will be released “after all defendants have been served.”
Eleven names were first released on Wednesday, but on Friday, the state’s Attorney General also revealed the names of five more defendants, all of whom were once Trump allies: John Eastman, Boris Epshteyn, Christina Bobb, Jenna Ellis, and Michael Roman.
Disgraced former New York City Mayor Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani appears to be the only the defendants left in the redacted group.
The indictment accuses the defendants of committing “the lawful transfer of the presidency of the United States, keeping President Donald J Trump in office against the will of Arizona voters, and depriving Arizona voters of their right to vote and have their votes counted.”
The defendants’ scheme relied on their false claims to be “duly elected and qualified” electors, the filing says.
The plot ultimately failed when then-Vice President Mike Pence certified the election for Joe Biden after the attack on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.
The 11 indicted individuals who were initially named were selected to be the state’s Republican Party Presidential Electors in 2020. Each was charged with the same
