291

Fake electors in Wisconsin first to admit Biden won election and face penalty (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 11 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world

9 comments fedilink hide all child comments

A group of Republican fake electors in Wisconsin acknowledged Joe Biden won the presidency and agreed they would not serve in the electoral college in 2024 as part of a settlement agreement in a civil lawsuit on Wednesday.

The settlement, first reported by the Washington Post, marks the first time any of the fake electors from 2020 have formally acknowledged wrongdoing in a legal case and have faced any kind of penalty. The case was filed by two Biden electors and a Wisconsin voter last year. They sought up to $2.4m in damages, in addition to permanently barring the fake electors from ever being able to serve as presidential electors again.

No money is involved in the settlement, according to a copy of the agreement that was obtained by the Washington Post. The fake electors agreed to never serve in an election in which Donald Trump is on the ballot. They also agreed to fully cooperate in any justice department investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

top 9 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[-] Deceptichum@kbin.social 62 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Wow, what a fucking slap on the wrist. You might as well encourage everyone to go try and overturn the government if all you have to do is admit the other side won if you lose.

Oh what am I kidding if a leftist tried to get a leftist to win over a Dem/Rep they'd be in jail for life, if the cops don't murder them first.

[-] jayrhacker@kbin.social 18 points 11 months ago

It's a civil suit, they could still be on the hook for criminal charges.

[-] Cosmonauticus@lemmy.world 55 points 11 months ago

They should never be allowed to work any position involving elections

[-] alekwithak@lemmy.world 51 points 11 months ago

They committed treason, they should be in prison.

[-] mySFWaccount@lemmy.ca 15 points 11 months ago

Right?! That is a very reasonable request.

[-] autotldr@lemmings.world 3 points 11 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

They also agreed to fully cooperate in any justice department investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

The effort to get pro-Trump slates of electors in place if allies were able to stop the certification of the presidential vote has drawn scrutiny from both federal and state prosecutors.

The Michigan attorney general, Dana Nessel, has criminally charged those who served as fake electors there.

Chesebro and some of the Georgia fake electors were also charged as part of the wide-ranging Rico prosecution into Trump’s efforts to overturn the election there.

The original article contains 300 words, the summary contains 163 words. Saved 46%. I'm a bot and I'm open source!

this post was submitted on 06 Dec 2023

291 points (99.3% liked)

politics

19096 readers

1884 users here now

Welcome to the discussion of US Politics!

Rules:

Post only links to articles, Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Do not post entire articles in the body or in the comments.

Links must be to the original source, not an aggregator like Google Amp, MSN, or Yahoo.

Example:

Articles must be relevant to politics. Links must be to quality and original content. Articles should be worth reading. Clickbait, stub articles, and rehosted or stolen content are not allowed. Check your source for Reliability and Bias here.
Be civil, No violations of TOS. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
No memes, trolling, or low-effort comments. Reposts, misinformation, off-topic, trolling, or offensive. Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.
Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion; please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it.
No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in a ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be banned without warning

We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.

All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.

That's all the rules!

Civic Links

• Register To Vote

• Citizenship Resource Center

• Congressional Awards Program

• Federal Government Agencies

• Library of Congress Legislative Resources

• The White House

• U.S. House of Representatives

• U.S. Senate

Partnered Communities:

• News