Nevada Judge Dismisses Trump Fake Electors Case – The New York Times
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The judge said the state chose the wrong venue to file a case against the Republicans who tried to declare Donald J. Trump the winner of the 2020 election.
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A Nevada judge on Friday threw out the state’s case against the six Republicans who claimed to be presidential electors and tried to declare Donald J. Trump the winner of the 2020 election. The judge, Mary Kay Holthus, said that state prosecutors had chosen the wrong venue to file the case.
John Sadler, a spokesman for Attorney General Aaron D. Ford, said, “We disagree with the judge’s decision and will be appealing immediately.” He declined to comment further.
The defendants in the case included top leaders of the state’s Republican Party, and they were charged with forging and submitting fraudulent documents in a fake elector scheme to overturn President Biden’s victory in 2020. Among those charged was the chairman of the state party, Michael J. McDonald.
A lawyer for Mr. McDonald, Richard A. Wright, expressed vindication at the ruling on Friday, saying the case was “obviously brought in the wrong location.”
The ruling marked another legal setback for the criminal cases against Mr. Trump, his associates and state-level allies over the 2020 election. A similar case in Georgia has been indefinitely delayed amid an investigation into a relationship between the Fulton County district attorney and a prosecutor she hired to handle the case. And a federal case in Washington has been stalled as the U.S. Supreme Court decides whether Mr. Trump is immune from prosecution.
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