CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A group of Republicans on Wednesday defended 16 GOP electors for signing a false certificate claiming former President Donald Trump won Michigan in 2020, a day after Democratic Attorney General Dana Nessel filed criminal charges accusing them of engaging in election fraud.
They were joined separately by one of the highest-ranking defendants as former Michigan Republican Party Co-Chairwoman Meshawn Maddock told “America’s Voice Live” radio host Steve Gruber on Wednesday that she and the other Trump electors “showed up when we were asked and signed the paperwork.”
Macomb County Republican Party Chairman Mark Forton argued at a Clinton Township press conference that the 16 presidential electors were duly elected at a GOP convention and standing ready to cast their votes for Trump if Congress decided to change the slate of electors.
