Trump is a co-conspirator in Michigan's 2020 false electors plot, state investigator says. Meanwhile, Arizona announces its own indictments

The objective of the electors' effort was to bolster claims that the election was "rigged" and ultimately "void the results favoring" Biden, wrote Chesebro, who helped create the electors plan, in a Jan. 1, 2021, email to Boris Epshteyn, a top Trump adviser.

Ellis appeared with Giuliani in Lansing during a Dec. 2, 2020, hearing of the Michigan House Oversight Committee on unproven claims of election fraud. During the meeting, Giuliani urged Michigan lawmakers to intervene in the results of the election.

Ted Goodman, a political adviser to Giuliani, said the "continued weaponization of our justice system should concern all Michiganders and Americans."

"It's unfortunate to see so many so-called “leaders” who are willing to eviscerate our entire justice system in their quest to take down President Donald Trump and anyone willing to take on the ruling regime," Goodman said.

Trial decision delayed

The preliminary examinations for six of the Republican electors concluded Wednesday. Through the proceedings, Ingham County District Judge Kristen Simmons will eventually determine whether Nessel's office has presented enough evidence to show there is probable cause to believe that crimes occurred and the defendants should be bound over for trial.

But that decision won't come until after nine other GOP electors' preliminary examinations end in early June. Those court hearings are set to begin May 28.

Cox, who was the leader of the Michigan GOP at the time of the 2020 election, testified in the first round of examinations in December. Cox said she had concerns over the certificate Republicans signed on Dec. 14, 2020.

"They weren’t the electors at that moment ... in my opinion," said Cox of Dec. 14, 2020.

Cox, a former state lawmaker from Livonia, said she wanted the Republicans to use a different document that simply said they were "available to meet and perform their duties as a presidential elector," instead of claiming they were casting Michigan's electoral votes for Trump.

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