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I'm Isabella Royal, intern at Lawfare, with an episode from the Lawfare Archive for November 22nd, 2025. On November 13th, the Nevada Supreme Court ruled that a criminal

forgery case may go forward against six individuals who falsely claimed to be presidential

electors in order to certify the 2020 election in favor of President Trump. This case is proceeding

at the state level, placing it outside the scope of presidential pardons. Four days prior,

on November 9th, U.S. pardon attorney Ed Martin had announced presidential

pardons for 77 individuals linked to efforts to subvert the 2020 election, including the

six alleged fake electors in Nevada.

For today's archive, I selected an episode from August 16th, 2003, in which Quintagueresic

and Clara Hendrickson discussed the then-

ongoing criminal proceedings against fake electors in another swing state, Michigan.

They unpack the charges against three people who allegedly accessed voting machines

without authorization, the reasons why Michigan became such a hotbed for election conspiracies

in 2020, and more.

I'm Quinta Jurecic, a senior editor at Lawfare,

and this is the Lawfare podcast, August 16th, 2023. On July 18th, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel unveiled criminal charges against 16 people,

the so-called fake electors from that state, who featured in Trump's effort to hold on to power in 2020.

Just a few weeks later, a special council in Michigan announced additional charges related to the 2020 election,

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