Grand jury indicts 18 in Arizona fake elector scheme; Donald Trump is unindicted co-conspirator
Arizona fake elector scheme to re-elect then-U.S. President Donald Trump in 2020, the state's attorney general said on Wednesday.
The court papers list a «former U.S. president,» Trump, as an unindicted co-conspirator.
The indictment stems from efforts to reverse Democrat Joe Biden's victory in several states in 2020, based on Republican Trump's false claims that he had been re-elected.
The names of seven defendants are redacted in an indictment that names 11 others. Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes said in a press release announcing the charges that those names would be made public after all of the defendants had been served with the indictment.
Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani is among those indicted, said his spokesperson Ted Goodman, although the former New York mayor's name is redacted.
«The continued weaponization of our justice system should concern every Americans as it does permanent, irrevocable harm to the country. Mayor Rudy Giuliani — one of the most effective prosecutors in American history who took down the Mafia, cleaned up the streets of New York and locked up corrupt public officials — is proud to stand up for the countless Americans who raised legitimate concerns surrounding the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election,» Goodman said.
The indictment also identifies one defendant as chief of staff in 2020, the position Mark Meadows held in the Trump White House at that time.
Representatives for Meadows and Trump did not immediately respond to
