Forgery Charges Loom: Nevada Republican Electors Face Trial Over 2020 Election Allegations

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LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – Six Republican electors from Nevada are set to face trial next summer after entering not guilty pleas to charges of forgery linked to the 2020 election.

In December 2020, following President Joe Biden’s victory, a group of six Republicans conducted a symbolic ceremony where they signed documents indicating their support for then-President Donald Trump. Although this act held no legal authority, the group forwarded these certificates to Washington.

In 2023, a grand jury in Clark County indicted the six individuals, including Nevada Republican Party Chairman Michael McDonald, Clark County Party Chairman Jesse Law, Jim DeGraffenreid, Durward James Hindle III, Shawn Meehan, and Eileen Rice. They face charges of submitting a false document for filing and uttering a forged instrument, both felonies that can lead to prison sentences of four to five years.

Clark County District Court Judge Mary Kay Holthus dismissed the case, citing the issue of improper venue. The state then appealed to the Nevada Supreme Court. Subsequently, the attorney general’s office refiled the charges in Carson City. Earlier this month, a judge there ruled that sufficient evidence existed to proceed with a forgery charge.

On Monday, all six pleaded not guilty, and a judge scheduled a trial for July, according to 8 News Now affiliate, KTVN.

The six Republican electors have said they filed the certificates due to the then-ongoing legal battles from the Trump campaign. However, in mid-December 2020, no legal case remained open in Nevada. The Nevada Supreme Court ruled against the Trump campaign on Dec. 8, 2020, six days before the Dec. 14 ceremony. However, lawyers claim the U.S. Supreme Court had yet to weigh in, though the panel ultimately did not.

Attorneys for the six Republicans have said there was no intent to commit a crime.

Nevada law requires the secretary of state to oversee the certification of the state’s electoral certificates. Then-Nevada Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske, a Republican, oversaw the official certification process on the same day as the Republican signing for Trump.

In the same election where Trump and Republicans cited widespread fraud, Republicans gained seats in the Legislature. Republicans did not cite election fraud after the 2022 election, where Lombardo won by about 15,000 votes, nor the 2024 election, where voters elected Trump to a second term.

Former President Joe Biden won the 2020 election in Nevada by about 33,000 votes. Trump won re-election last November by more than 46,000 votes.

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