lansing mich michigan’s attorney general filed felony charges tuesday against 16 republicans who acted as fake electors for thenpresident donald trump in 2020 accusing them of submitting false certificates confirming they were legitimate electors despite joe biden’s victory in the state attorney general dana nessel a democrat announced tuesday that all 16 individuals would get eight criminal charges including two counts of forgery which is a 14year felony the group includes republican national committeewoman kathy berden and meshawn maddock former cochair of the michigan republican party “it would be malfeasance of the greatest magnitude if my department failed to act here in the face of overwhelming evidence of an organized effort to circumvent the lawfully cast ballots of millions of michigan voters in a presidential election” nessel said in a statement there was no immediate reaction from the white house after the charges were announced the group is alleged to have met on december 14 2020 and signed their names to multiple certificates stating they were the qualified electors for trump these false documents were then transmitted to the us senate and national archives in january of last year nessel asked federal prosecutors to open a criminal investigation into 16 republicans nessel alleged a “coordinated effort” among republican parties in several battleground states including michigan to push socalled alternate slates of electors with fake documents she said she wants federal authorities to make an evaluation for possible charges