“This is part of a national coordinated” effort to stop Mr. Trump, she added.
The Michigan charges were announced on the same day that Mr. Trump said he received another so-called target letter from Jack Smith, the special counsel for the Justice Department who is investigating his efforts to hold onto power after he lost the 2020 election.
Both investigations are part of a reckoning over the conspiracy theories Mr. Trump and his allies have promoted about the election.
Outside of Michigan, supporters of Mr. Trump, then the president, pushed to convene slates of fake electors in six other swing states that Mr. Biden actually won.
One of those states, Georgia, is the site of a separate criminal investigation involving Mr. Trump himself, who pressured state officials to help him overturn his loss.
Persons:
Trump, Kathy Berden, Marian Sheridan, Jack Smith, Joseph R, Biden, Mr, —, Mike Pence, Matthew DePerno, Nessel
Organizations:
Republican National Committee, Justice Department, Capitol, Mr, Trump, Biden, Republican
Locations:
Michigan, Georgia