Jim Hindle, the Storey County clerk, is among six Republicans indicted in Nevada for allegedly submitting a false certificate to Congress that declared Donald Trump the winner of the 2020 presidential election in Nevada.
Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford has now appealed to the Nevada Supreme Court to uphold these indictments. Similar criminal cases have also been brought in Michigan, Georgia, and Arizona.
Clark County District Court Judge Mary Kay Holthus recently issued a written order affirming her ruling that Las Vegas was the wrong venue for the case, leading to the dismissal of charges. In response, Ford’s office confirmed that they had formally filed an appeal shortly after the judge’s written order, expressing confidence in their case and intent to hold the individuals accountable for their actions.
The other indicted individuals include state GOP chairman Michael McDonald, Clark County GOP chairman Jesse Law, national party committee member Jim DeGraffenreid, national and Douglas County committee member Shawn Meehan, and Eileen Rice, a party member from the Lake Tahoe area. They were indicted by a grand jury in Las Vegas last December, just before the three-year statute of limitations expired, each facing charges of offering a false instrument for filing and uttering a forged instrument, felonies carrying penalties of up to four or five years in prison.
The defense argued that Ford improperly brought the case before a grand jury in Democratic-leaning Las Vegas rather than Northern Nevada, where the alleged crimes took place. Meanwhile, AG’s office contends that no single county encompassed the entirety of these crimes.
As of now, it remains unclear whether oral arguments are scheduled before the Nevada Supreme Court. Meanwhile, the fate of the so-called fake electors hangs in the balance.
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