In his most recent brief filed against Donald Trump on Wednesday, Special Counsel Jack rehashed Democrats ‘ fraudulent “fake votes” stain. Trump was recently charged by Smith with questioning the 2020 election management.
Smith claimed that Trump engaged in criminal activity by, among other alleged activities, “manufacturing false electoral votes in the precise state” in his 165-page concrete about Trump’s legal work to challenge the findings of the 2020 election. This “plan”, the Merrick Garland , appointee contended, was designed to” cause” Trump electors in these states to” sign and send to]Vice President Mike Pence], as President of the Senate, certifications in which they falsely represented themselves as legitimate electors who had cast electoral votes for]Trump ]”.
In the end, the defendant and his conspirators falsely claim that in his supervisory role presiding over the January 6 certification, Pence had the authority to choose the false slates over the reasonable ones or to give the purportedly “dueling” slates to the state legislatures for consideration anew using these false electoral votes, the quick reads.
Contrary to Smith’s claims, the calling of regiment Republican delegates during the 2020 election period was neither extraordinary nor immoral. In reality, the operation conducted in disputed states like , Georgia , parallels a similar effort that occurred during the 1960 political contest between Democrat John F. Kennedy and Republican Richard Nixon.
As The Federalist’s Margot Cleveland , previously , reported, Kennedy and Nixon votes cast their votes for their particular applicants when a dispute arose over who won Hawaii’s democratic vote. Although the acting acting governor of the state first approved the election for Nixon, a court decision that was ultimately based on a legal challenge that led to Kennedy receiving the electoral votes.
The alternate votes would have been in place to ensure the will of the people was upheld, as was the situation in the Kennedy-Nixon controversy, had authorities also ruled in Trump’s favour in claims challenging the election results in battleground states.
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This historical precedent has n’t stopped radical left-wing prosecutors from filing charges against Republican electors who partook in the 2020 process, however.
Democrat attorneys general in , Arizona,  , Wisconsin,  , Nevada, and , Michigan have all filed such charges in the years since 2020. Fulton County DA Fani Willis also brought charges against , Georgia Republicans. A Nevada judge did, however, dismiss , Democrat AG Aaron Ford’s charges against the Silver State’s 2020 GOP electors in June due to a jurisdiction error on the part of prosecutors, as The Federalist’s Matt Kittle reported.
Democrats had no problem urging electors to cast ballots differently in the 2016 election following Trump’s victory over Hillary Clinton, it should be noted. In order to stop Trump from taking office, corporate media previously ran” a] rticles demanding state electors’prevent an irresponsible demagogue from taking office” and overrule Americans to install Hillary Clinton as president, as my colleague Jordan Boyd previously highlighted.
Smith’s brief comes months after the U. S. Supreme Court ruled that presidents possess “absolute immunity” for “actions within his conclusive and preclusive constitutional authority” and “at least presumptive immunity” for “official acts”. The high court separately noted, however, that” ]t ] here is no immunity for unofficial acts”, and remanded the Biden-Harris Justice Department’s get-Trump lawfare back to the lower courts to determine whether certain actions alleged by Smith constitute “official acts”.
Shawn Fleetwood is a University of Mary Washington graduate and a staff writer for The Federalist. He previously served as a state content writer for Convention of States Action and his work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics, RealClear Health, and Conservative Review. Follow him on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood