Attorney General’s office investigates fake electors from the 2020 presidential election

On Dec. 11, former President Donald Trump’s previous campaign attorney, Kenneth Chesebro, came to Arizona to meet with state investigators from Attorney General Kris Mayes’ office. Last week, Nevada became the third state to bring criminal charges against electors who falsely claimed President Trump won the White House in 2020, adding public pressure on Mayes to follow suit.

Back in 2020, Chesebro wrote a series of memos for the Trump campaign essentially providing legal analysis of the “fake electors scheme,” which provided the theory that people who were Trump electors in seven states could state they were the legitimate electors to create an opening for Congress to not certify President Biden, according to Stacey Barchenger of The Arizona Republic.

Chesebro has already pleaded guilty in Georgia for false documents.

“As far as I know, his plea deal in the Georgia case was that he would cooperate there. He has cooperated in other states, including Nevada,” Barchenger said.

Barchenger spoke with his attorney, who stated Chesebro is willing to tell the truth about the events leading up to Jan. 6, 2020, to anyone who will listen.

There are a few state lawmakers mixed in with the eleven fake electors in Arizona, including Sen. Jake Hoffman, Sen. Anthony Kern, and former Republican Party Chairwoman Kelly Ward and her husband.

This case still has a ways to go before any sort of announcement comes from the Attorney General’s office, Barchenger said.

“One thing that I noticed in Nevada: Chesebro testified before the grand jury, and here he just spoke to investigators, so viewers who are in-tune with the criminal prosecution process know that there’s a big gap usually between those things, whereas a grand jury might be the final step toward charges,” Barchenger said.