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Case against Nevada 2020 fake electors dismissed
Judge Mary Kay Holthus said prosecutors failed to show the six Republicans meant to mislead officials, and the state plans to appeal.
- Nevada Judge Mary Kay Holthus dismissed the case against Nevada Republicans on Friday, ruling the state lacked evidence that the electors intended to deceive government officials.
- After the 2020 election, six Republican electors gathered outside the Nevada Legislature to sign a certificate awarding the state's electoral votes to Donald Trump, even though Joe Biden won by over 30,000 votes.
- State Attorney General Aaron Ford brought charges of forgery and "offering a false instrument for filing or record" against the defendants, who described their actions as "political theater."
- Ford plans to appeal the ruling, The Associated Press reported, though three other fake elector cases in Arizona, Michigan, and Georgia have also been dismissed.
- Prosecutors argued the defendants intended for their documents to be mistaken for official electoral votes that then-Vice President Mike Pence would count on Jan. 6, 2021, but Holthus found insufficient evidence.
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