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Michigan AG Dismisses Case Against Trump 2020 Republican Elector in Cooperation Deal
Epoch Times ^ | 10/20/23 | Katabella Roberts

Posted on 10/20/2023 5:51:13 AM PDT by CFW

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel's office on Oct. 19 dismissed the case against one of the 16 Republican presidential electors charged in connection with the 2020 election.

The dismissal of the case against James Renner, 76, came after he agreed to "cooperate fully" with the attorney general's investigation, his lawyer Clint Westbrook said in a statement to multiple publications.

"After conversations with the Attorney General's office, all charges against our innocent client, Jim Renner, were dismissed," Mr. Westbrook said.

Mr. Renner was one of 16 Republican presidential electors charged with eight felony counts of fraud and election forgery in connection with the 2020 election after they signed certificates claiming that former President Donald Trump won Michigan.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Extended News; Politics/Elections; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: 2020electors; arrestdananessel; corruption; criminalag; dananessel; electioninterference; fraud; jamesrenner; michigan
It will be interesting to see how this case proceeds. A higher court should have already dismissed the indictments based upon precedents.

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Michigan AG Dismisses Case Against Trump 2020 Republican Elector in Cooperation Deal

1 posted on 10/20/2023 5:51:13 AM PDT by CFW
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To: CFW

So he is going to make up lies for the Democrats?


2 posted on 10/20/2023 6:03:29 AM PDT by madison10 (He watching over Israel slumbers not, nor sleeps.)
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To: madison10

That’s how it works. You have 16 accused, you give one a deal to send the rest to the gallows.


3 posted on 10/20/2023 6:09:12 AM PDT by Renfrew (Muscovia delenda est)
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To: CFW
It would seem that the case must be pretty weak if the DA is just now making this deal.

The biggest threat to our nation today is the Democrat’s use of Lawfare to attack those opposed to them.

4 posted on 10/20/2023 6:20:02 AM PDT by Michael.SF. (There is only one reason why I will ever vote for a Republican: Democrats)
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To: CFW

Nessel belongs in jail.


5 posted on 10/20/2023 6:26:47 AM PDT by sauropod (Dont pour syrup over S*** and tell me it’s pancakes!)
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To: CFW

Promises of “dismissal” if you say what THEY want you to say.


6 posted on 10/20/2023 7:03:14 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Palestinians are not "refugeez". They are muslim terrorists. Remember 9/11/2001.)
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To: CFW

I’m an Electoral College nerd and I still don’t understand what - exactly - the so-called “fake electors” did that was a crime.

When one votes in November, one is voting for a slate of Electors named by a political party, chosen (usually) for their canine-level loyalty.

One slate “wins”, the others all lose. The winners get certificates of ascertainment from (usually) the Governor, the losers don’t.

After the winners meet in their State capital and transmit their votes, along with their certificates, to the Seat of Government of the United States, the Electors cease to be Electors, the losing would-be Electors cease to be that as well.

I mean, I wrote my name in as NH representative in Congress, I got one vote, do I commit a crime by walking down a public street calling myself “Congressman Jim”?

What, exactly, did the losing Republican nominated Electors in Michigan DO that constitutes a crime?


7 posted on 10/20/2023 7:12:15 AM PDT by Jim Noble (They have taken untold millions that they never toiled to earn)
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To: madison10

Yes.


8 posted on 10/20/2023 7:28:34 AM PDT by gibsonguy ( )
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To: Jim Noble

“do I commit a crime by walking down a public street calling myself Congressman Jim”

That is what they are saying. Specifically all of these cases are for “impersonation of a government official.” Laws designed to prevent people from impersonating a cop or fireman and being used to jail people who claim to be a presidential elector.

It’s very Orwellian. It criminalizes contesting any election.


9 posted on 10/20/2023 7:32:51 AM PDT by Renfrew (Muscovia delenda est)
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