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Coverage dated September 19, 2023

3 fake electors want Georgia election subversion charges against them to be moved to federal court

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ATLANTA (AP) — Lawyers for three Georgia Republicans, who falsely claimed that Donald Trump won the state and they were “duly elected and qualified” electors, are set to argue Wednesday that criminal charges against them should be moved from state to federal court.

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  1. The Republic

    3 fake electors want Georgia election subversion charges against them to be moved to federal court (opens The Republic)

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    ATLANTA (AP) — Lawyers for three Georgia Republicans, who falsely claimed that Donald Trump won the state and they were “duly elected and qualified” electors, are set to argue Wednesday that criminal charges against them should be moved from state to federal court.

  2. CNN

    Georgia prosecutors push back against claims of anti-Trump bias at fiery hearing for 3 fake GOP electors (opens CNN)

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    Fulton County prosecutors pushed back against what they called “borderline offensive” claims that their 2020 election subversion case was fueled by anti-Donald Trump bias at a court hearing Wednesday for three indicted fake GOP electors.

  3. NBC News

    Three fake electors charged in Georgia election probe seek to move cases to federal court (opens NBC News)

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    David Shafer, Shawn Still and Cathy Latham are among the 16 Georgians who acted as so-called false electors for Trump in Georgia in 2020.

  4. The Guardian

    Fake Trump electors case should stay in Fulton county court, prosecutors argue (opens The Guardian)

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    Georgia attorneys said that merely performing a role in the presidential election did not make them federal officials

  5. The Columbian

    Lawyers say 3 Republicans who falsely said Trump won Georgia were ‘contingent’ electors, not fake (opens The Columbian)

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    ATLANTA (AP) — Three of the Georgia Republicans who signed a certificate falsely claiming that then-President Donald Trump won the state in 2020 were not fake electors, their lawyers argued Wednesday,

  6. New York Times

    Lawyers for Fake Trump Electors Hint at Defense Strategy in Georgia Case (opens New York Times)

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    The details came at a hearing on whether the three electors, co-defendants of Donald J. Trump in an election interference case, could have their cases moved to federal court.

  7. ABC 7 San Francisco

    Prosecutors rebut efforts by 3 Trump 'fake electors' to have Georgia cases moved (opens ABC 7 San Francisco)

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    Prosecutors rebutted claims that three so-called "alternate electors" amounted to federal officials during a hearing Wednesday in the Georgia elect...

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