Trump fake electors plot

Trump fake electors plot
Trump fake electors plot
Part of Attempts to overturn the 2020 U.S. presidential election
	Boxes containing the electoral certificates of the 2020 presidential election after they had been removed from the Senate floor by staffers on Jan 6, 2021
Date	November 11, 2020 – January 7, 2021
Location	Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, and Washington, D.C.
Caused by	Trump's false claims of election and voter fraud
Goals	Pressure Mike Pence to overturn the Electoral College votes in swing states in favor of Trump; Reject Joe Biden's victory as the winner of the 2020 U.S. presidential election; Keep Donald Trump in power as president;
Methods	Conspiracy (according to federal indictment); Racketeering (according to Georgia indictment);
Resulted in	January 6 United States Capitol attack (7 deaths); Second impeachment of Donald Trump; Third indictment of Donald Trump; Fourth indictment of Donald Trump;

The Trump fake electors plot was a political scheme made by then President Donald Trump who did not win the 2020 United States presidential election. His allies in seven states wanted to create and submit fake certificates of ascertainment that wrongly claimed Trump had won the electoral college vote in those states.^[5]

The plan of the scheme was to pass the fake certificates and send to Washington, D.C. to pressure then Vice President Mike Pence in the hope he would count them as votes other than the real certificates to overturn Joe Biden's victory.

This plot was made by Trump's attorney John Eastman. Eastman claimed the vice president has the power to change the electoral votes in the certification process and change the outcome of the the winner of the presidential race.

By 2023, many people in several states had been sent to jail or forced to pay fines for their alleged involvement, with other investigations underway.^[6]

References[change | change source]

↑ Chalfant, Morgan; Samuels, Brett (November 4, 2020). "Trump prematurely declares victory, says he'll go to Supreme Court". The Hill. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
↑ Woodward, Calvin; Dale, Maryclaire (November 6, 2020). "Fact Check: Trump Fabricates Election Corruption". New England Cable News. Retrieved January 17, 2023.
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↑ Funke, Daniel (November 20, 2020). "Dozens of claims about election fraud, debunked". PolitiFact. Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved January 17, 2023.
↑ Zachary Cohen; Marshall Cohen (January 12, 2022). "Trump allies' fake Electoral College certificates offer fresh insights about plot to overturn Biden's victory". CNN. Archived from the original on January 13, 2022. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
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[1] Chalfant, Morgan; Samuels, Brett (November 4, 2020). "Trump prematurely declares victory, says he'll go to Supreme Court". The Hill. Retrieved June 18, 2021.

[2] Woodward, Calvin; Dale, Maryclaire (November 6, 2020). "Fact Check: Trump Fabricates Election Corruption". New England Cable News. Retrieved January 17, 2023.

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[4] Funke, Daniel (November 20, 2020). "Dozens of claims about election fraud, debunked". PolitiFact. Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved January 17, 2023.

[5] Zachary Cohen; Marshall Cohen (January 12, 2022). "Trump allies' fake Electoral College certificates offer fresh insights about plot to overturn Biden's victory". CNN. Archived from the original on January 13, 2022. Retrieved July 24, 2022.

[Herb_9/12/2022-6] Cite error: The named reference Herb_9/12/2022 was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).

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