It accuses the fake electors of engaging in fraud and conspiracy and asks the court to declare such conduct illegal and award punitive damages to the plaintiffs. The 10 fraudulent Trump electors and two lawyers who worked for the former president’s efforts could not immediately be reached for comment. “The fraudulent electors tried to contradict the will of Wisconsin’s voters, and that’s dangerous for our democracy,”Khary Pennebaker, one of the two legitimate Wisconsin electors among the plaintiffs in the suit, said in a statement. “Even though it didn’t work, it came perilously close.”In addition to Wisconsin, the Trump campaign organized fake elector slates in Michigan, Georgia, Arizona and Nevada. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel in January referred the fake elector activity in her state to the U.S. Department of Justice.

Source: Huffington Post May 17, 2022 17:01 UTC