Kenneth Chesebro, a co-defendant of former President Trump in the Georgia election interference case, has announced plans to meet with investigators in Nevada and Arizona who are conducting separate investigations into efforts to secure Trump’s reelection after his loss in the 2020 election, according to The Washington Post.
Chesebro, a Trump lawyer involved in the creation of an alternate elector scheme that aimed to certify Trump-supporting “fake” electors in battleground states, has recently pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to file false documents. Following his guilty plea, Chesebro’s legal counsel has requested permission from the court to travel to Nevada, Arizona, and Washington, D.C. for ongoing investigations related to election fraud cases.
The Nevada attorney general’s office is currently investigating six activists who falsely claimed to be the state’s true electors, while Arizona authorities are also conducting a probe into the fake electors in their state.
Nevada has offered Chesebro a “proffer” agreement, protecting him from charges in exchange for truthful testimony, but no such agreement exists in Arizona.
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The Arizona investigation primarily focuses on Trump-supporting electors and the efforts of Trump’s allies to pressure state and local officials to overturn the results of the state’s 2020 election.
As evidence continues to emerge in these investigations and the Georgia case moves forward, it is expected that they will become increasingly contentious for Trump and his allies.
Aside from Nevada and Arizona, ongoing investigations into alternate elector plots are also taking place in Michigan and New Mexico. The Pennsylvania attorney general’s office has not provided any comment on whether it is looking into the state’s fake electors scheme.
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