How the Trump fake electors scheme became a ‘corrupt plan,’ according to the indictment

By FARNOUSH AMIRI
Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The role fake electors played in Donald Trump’s desperate effort to cling to power after his 2020 election loss is at the center of a four-count indictment against the ex-president. The indictment detailed Tuesday that when Trump could not persuade state officials to illegally swing the election in his favor, he and his Republican allies began recruiting a slate of fake electors in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, New Mexico, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin to sign certificates falsely stating he, not Democrat Joe Biden, had won their states. Those certificates were ultimately ignored by lawmakers. But prosecutors say it was part of “a corrupt plan” by Trump and his allies to subvert the results of the election.