Attorney General Aaron Ford has initiated another investigation into six Nevada alternate electors who submitted a document declaring Donald Trump winner of the 2020 presidential election.
The investigation targets individuals who submitted an electoral certificate to Congress on Monday, December 14, 2020. The implicated are Michael McDonald, the current state GOP chairman; Jim DeGraffenreid, a national party committee member; Jesse Law, the Clark County party chair; and Shawn Meehan, a national and Douglas County committee member; Jim Hindle, Storey County Clerk-Treasurer, and Eileen Rice.
It is the second such investigation Ford has launched against the six individuals, having declined to charge them in May 2023.
“As you all know, I have been silent on Nevada’s fake electors, except to say that the matter was on our radar,” Ford said during a hearing on a bill intended to criminalize the process. “With it on our radar, we ascertained that current state statutes did not directly address the conduct in question — to the dismay of some, and I’m sure, to the delight of others.”
Governor Joe Lombardo vetoed the bill passed by the Democratic-led Legislature in June that sought to make it a felony to certify a losing candidate as the election winner. It remains unclear whether the latest probe is a criminal or civil matter.
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