Judge Considers Motion to Dismiss ‘Contingent Electors’ Trial

A Clark County judge will consider a motion to dismiss felony charges against the six Republican contingent electors (maliciously referred to as “fake electors”) who were indicted by a grand jury last year. District Court Judge Mary Kay Holthus has scheduled the hearing for April 22.

Last December, Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford announced that six Nevadans have been indicted by a grand jury in the Eighth Judicial District Court, “due to their actions in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election.”

The defendants include NV GOP Chairman Michael McDonald, Vice Chair Jim Hindle III, Republican National Committeeman Jim DeGraffenreid, Clark County Republican Party chair Jesse Law, Shawn Meehan, and Eileen Rice.

In his announcement, Ford claimed that the six defendants “falsely portrayed themselves as Nevada’s presidential electors in the aftermath of the 2020 election.”

The six individuals have been charged with Offering a False Instrument for Filing, a category C felony, and Uttering a Forged Instrument, a category D felony, for offering a false instrument titled “Certificate of the Votes of the 2020 Electors from Nevada” to the President of the Senate; the Archivist of the United States; the Nevada Secretary of State; and the United States District Court for the District of Nevada.

The six Republicans have all plead not guilty to the charges.

Should the indictment proceed, Judge Holthus has moved the jury trial to January 13, 2025.