Days after Michigan’s attorney general Dana Nessel argued that Donald Trump loyalists charged in an alleged scheme to upend 2020 election results in the state were “brainwashed” by the former president, two of those defendants said her comments were grounds for charges to be dismissed.
Attorneys for two people embroiled in the fake elector scheme – Mari-Ann Henry and Clifford Frost – argued that Ms Nessel’s statements that they were “brainwashed” and “genuinely” believe Mr Trump won in 2020 effectively conceded that they did not have criminal intent when they allegedly signed fraudulent certificates asserting Mr Trump won the state he lost to Joe Biden.
