Trump is among 'unindicted co-conspirators' in effort to overturn 2020 election in Michigan, investigator says
Former President Donald Trump, his former chief of staff Mark Meadows and his former attorney Rudy Giuliani are uncharged co-conspirators in a Michigan "false electors" scheme tied to efforts to overturn the 2020 election, a state investigator testified Wednesday.
Former President Donald Trump, his former chief of staff Mark Meadows and his former attorney Rudy Giuliani are uncharged co-conspirators in a Michigan "false electors" scheme tied to efforts to overturn the 2020 election, a state investigator testified Wednesday.
During a hearing related to the case, Duane Silverthorn, an attorney for a defendant who was charged in the scheme, read a list of names and asked whether they were “unindicted co-conspirators” in Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel's investigation.
Howard Shock, a special agent for the AG's office who was being cross-examined, replied in the affirmative when the names of Trump, Meadows and Giuliani were read. Shock also responded "yes" when former Trump attorney Jenna Ellis' name was read.
Last year, Nessel's office brought charges against 16 people who signed paperwork falsely claiming Trump defeated Democrat Joe Biden in the state.
Steven Cheung, a campaign spokesman for Trump, said in a statement Wednesday that Trump was being targeted as the presumptive Republican presidential nominee and that Biden's Democratic allies were "further abusing and misusing the power of their offices in a no-holds barred effort to interfere in the presidential election."
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