One of the "fake electors" indicted in Arizona for the plot to overturn the election results in that state has agreed to cooperate with prosecutors, state Attorney General Kris Mayes said Friday."We are going to have a very significant announcement to make early next week," Mayes told 12 News' "Sund...
  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
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    4 months ago

    According to some reports from earlier this year, some of the fake electors in the case have been provided with public defenders because of their inability to pay for their own defense. Among those electors are Greg Safsten, the former executive director of the Arizona Republican Party, and Robert Montgomery, the former chair of the Cochise County Republican Committee.

    I would imagine one of the ones who can’t afford to pay for a high priced defense lawyer saw the light and flipped.

    • Ragnarok314159
      5·
      4 months ago

      Was probably the first, last, and only thing the public defender told them.