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Nevada Supreme Court Sends 2020 'Fake Electors' Case Back to Clark County

Justices found venue proper based on delivery of the certificates in Las Vegas, allowing state forgery counts to proceed.

Overview

  • The court ruled 6-0 to reverse a lower-court dismissal, with Justice Kristina Pickering recused.
  • Attorney General Aaron Ford said proceedings will resume in Las Vegas, and the separate Carson City filing is expected to be withdrawn to avoid duplicate prosecution.
  • President Donald Trump’s recent federal pardons for the six Nevada electors do not affect the state case.
  • The defendants — Michael McDonald, Jim Hindle, Jim DeGraffenreid, Jesse Law, Shawn Meehan and Eileen Rice — face two felonies: offering a false instrument for filing and uttering a forged instrument.
  • Justices said the offenses were not complete upon mailing from elsewhere because the certificates were delivered to a federal court in Clark County, which supports venue there.