PHOENIX —The people accused of being “fake electors” and their allies are officially off the legal hook — but only for now.
In a new order, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Sam Myers granted the motion by Attorney General Kris Mayes to drop the charges of fraud, forgery and conspiracy that were originally filed in 2024 against 11 Republicans who claimed Donald Trump had won the 2020 election and that they were entitled to cast their electoral votes for him despite the fact the official returns showed Joe Biden outpolled him by 10,457 votes.
Myers also dismissed the charges against others defendants including aides and attorneys for Trump who Mayes said were part of crafting a plan for Arizona and other swing states to throw the electoral count in doubt. That would have denied Biden the necessary 270 votes and left it to Congress to decide who won.
