General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: Fake Electors - Fake Election Propaganda - Mail Fraud Federal Felony [View all]MineralMan
(151,932 posts)Every case that was filed in state and federal courts that claimed that elections were flawed or invalid was rejected by the courts. In some cases, multiple times, even on appeal. Once the Secretaries of State in every state had certified the election, the election was over and the results were final.
On December 14, the results were known in all 50 states and electors were certified and signed the official documents to be sent to the Archivist. That ended the election period. On January 6, the proceedings in Congress were nothing more than a ceremonial acceptance of those results.
The conspiracy to overturn the election was doomed to failure from the start. Congress did its job, despite a number of Republicans who voted not to certify the Electoral College votes. The whole conspiracy was based on fraud. However, prosecutions should begin with those who signed false certifications of false electors. They committed Mail Fraud, at the very least, and that's an open and shut case against each of them. They knew they were signing a false document that would be sent via USPS Registered Mail.
From there, prosecutions should extend up the line of those who led this fraudulent conspiracy. That line ends in the Oval Office with Donald John Trump, who was the leader of the conspiracy.
Our Attorney General, Merrick Garland, knows this. Now, it's up to him to carry out the responsibility to prosecute. I think he will do his job.