Republicans Face Charges In Michigan Over Trump Election Scheme

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🗓️ 19 July 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Michigan's attorney general has announced charges against 16 people for serving as so-called fake electors following the 2020 presidential election. The electors signed documents falsely attesting that Donald Trump won the state in the election.

And a look inside American right-wing domestic extremism — and how groups are capitalizing on the Republican anti-LGBT rights agenda to further their ideology.

This episode: political correspondent Susan Davis, national political correspondent Mara Liasson, Michigan Public Radio Network reporter Colin Jackson, and domestic extremism correspondent Odette Yousef.

This episode was produced by Lexie Schapitl. Our editor is Eric McDaniel. Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi.

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0:41.0	I'm Mara Liason, National Political Correspondent.
0:44.0	And Colin Jackson of Michigan Public Radio Network joins us today.
0:48.0	Hey, Colin.
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0:50.0	So stay prosecutors in your home state of Michigan.
0:53.0	Have charged 16 people with felonies in relation to a fake electric scheme
0:58.0	to try to overturn the results of the 2020 election in the state.
1:02.0	As a reminder, Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump and Michigan by a margin of about 154,000 votes.
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