On July 18-2023, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel criminally charged the 16 individuals in Michigan who signed legal documents on December 14, 2020 falsely claiming to be electors for Donald Trump in the Electoral College, despite Trump having lost the state by a margin of 154,000 votes. Michigan was one of seven states where “fake electors” claimed that Donald Trump won the 2020 presidential election in their state. As of August 10, all 16 defendants have been arraigned in the District Court in Ingham County. All 16 defendants pled not guilty on all eight counts of their individual indictments.

In October 2023, James Renner had all his charges dropped after entering into a cooperating agreement with AG Nessel. Preliminary hearings were held for 6 of the 16 individuals in late April; examinations resumed on May 28 for the remaining nine defendants.

In April 2024, an investigator for AG Nessel identified multiple individuals, including former President Donald Trump, as “unindicted co-conspirators” in the case.

Michigan law requires the Electors be assigned by the part of the candidate that won the popular vote in Michigan.

Michigan law requires the Electors meet in the state capital building to certify the certificates.

These fake electors tried to get access to the capital but were denied by Security. Their plan was to hide in the basement and sign certificates the next day. So they went to the Lansing HQ of the GOP and signed the documents there.

The documents certifed Trump won the popular vote in Michigan - Fraud #1

The documents certified that they met in the capital to certify the election- Fraud #2

The documents were sent to congress and national archives as the official certificates- Fraud #3