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While Trump won the election on November 5, his victory was formalized on Tuesday as presidential electors gathered across the country as part of the constitutional process to officially elect a president known as the Electoral College.
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Alexandra Banner, CNN, 18 Dec. 2024
The 10 electors have not been charged criminally related to the fake documents.
—Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 13 Dec. 2024
Prosecutors in Wisconsin, Michigan and Nevada have also brought criminal charges against Trump allies involved with the efforts to overturn the 2020 election, primarily GOP officials who signed off on slates of electors in the battleground states that falsely claimed Trump had won.
—Alison Durkee, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
Federal prosecutors said that under the plan developed by Trump and his allies, submitting the fraudulent slates of electors would create a fake controversy on Jan. 6 and position Pence to replace legitimate electors with those backing Trump.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 6 Jan. 2025
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Alexandra Banner, CNN, 18 Dec. 2024
The 10 electors have not been charged criminally related to the fake documents.
—Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 13 Dec. 2024
Prosecutors in Wisconsin, Michigan and Nevada have also brought criminal charges against Trump allies involved with the efforts to overturn the 2020 election, primarily GOP officials who signed off on slates of electors in the battleground states that falsely claimed Trump had won.
—Alison Durkee, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
Federal prosecutors said that under the plan developed by Trump and his allies, submitting the fraudulent slates of electors would create a fake controversy on Jan. 6 and position Pence to replace legitimate electors with those backing Trump.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Elector.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elector. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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