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A Michigan Republican accused of participating in a fake elector plot after the 2020 presidential election testified Wednesday that he did not know how the electoral process worked and never intended to make a false public record. Attorney General Dana Nessel has said Renner, of Lansing, was one of 16 Republicans who acted as false electors for then-President Donald Trump. Photos You Should See View All 22 ImagesCharges against Renner were dropped last year after he and the state attorney general’s office reached a cooperation deal. There was a companion sheet that purported that Trump had won the election, Renner testified. Gretchen Whitmer and feature the Michigan state seal, Schwager said.
Persons: ” James Renner, Renner —, , , , Dana Nessel, Renner, Donald Trump, Trump, Joe Biden, Dan Schwager, Gretchen Whitmer, Schwager, Biden, Anthony Zammit, Kenneth Thompson, didn’t Organizations: Michigan Republican, Michigan Republican Party, Republican, Republicans, U.S, Senate, Michigan Gov, Republican Party, Michigan, Trump, GOP, Michigan GOP Locations: Michigan, Lansing, Georgia, Nevada, Wisconsin
A fake Certificate of Votes was submitted to the U.S. Senate following Michigan’s 2020 presidential election, an official testified Tuesday during a preliminary hearing for six people facing forgery and other charges for allegedly serving as false electors. But that “purported” Certificate of Votes didn't match an official document signed by Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and featuring the Michigan state seal, said Dan Schwager, who served in 2020-2021 as general counsel to the secretary of the Senate. Michigan, Georgia and Nevada have charged fake electors. Schwager said Tuesday the false Michigan document arrived Jan. 5, 2021, to the U.S. Senate's mail services and that he reviewed it a few days later.
Persons: Gretchen Whitmer, Dan Schwager, , ” Schwager, Dana Nessel, , Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Trump, Biden, Schwager, Miriam Vincent, Vincent, Anthony Zammit, Kenneth Thompson, didn’t Organizations: U.S, Senate, Michigan Gov, Michigan, Republicans, Michigan Republican, GOP, Legal Affairs, Federal, National Archives, Michigan Republican Party, Michigan GOP Locations: Michigan, Lansing District Court, Georgia, Nevada, Wisconsin
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