Nevada Attorney General Announces Felony Charges for Six Republicans Who Submitted False Certificates Declaring Trump the Winner of the 2020 Presidential Election in the State.

Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford has announced that six Republicans have been charged with two felony counts each for submitting false certificates to Congress declaring Donald Trump the winner of the 2020 presidential election in the state.

The six Republicans, who are all involved in the state GOP or Clark County GOP, have been charged with offering a false instrument for filing and uttering a forged instrument. Both of these categories of felonies carry penalties that have yet to be determined.

The six Republicans indicted by the Nevada grand jury are Michael McDonald, the chair of the Nevada Republican Party; Jim Hindle III, the state GOP vice chair; Jesse Law, the Clark County Republican Party chair; Jim DeGraffenreid, a GOP national committeeman; Shawn Meehan; and Eileen Rice.

The indictment of the six Republicans in Nevada is the third state to seek charges against so-called “fake electors” since the 2020 presidential election. The false certificates sent to Congress by the six Republicans were in direct opposition to the results of the election, in which President Biden won the state.

The Nevada Attorney General’s office is continuing to investigate the matter and will provide more information as it becomes available.