AZ Republican Pleads Guilty To Fake Elector Charge

August 7, 2024 Republicans, Trump cultists

Politico reports:

An Arizona Republican who falsely claimed to be a legitimate presidential elector for former President Donald Trump — part of a sweeping effort by Trump and his allies to subvert the 2020 election — has pleaded guilty for her role in the scheme. Lorraine Pellegrino, one of 11 Arizona Republicans who falsely posed as Trump’s electors that year, accepted a guilty plea to a single charge for filing a “false instrument” — the fraudulent Electoral College certificate.

Pellegrino is the first participant in the elector scheme to accept criminal responsibility for signing the false documents, though dozens have been charged in a handful of states. Filings on the Arizona docket indicate that the other charges she faced, including conspiracy and forgery, were dismissed in light of the deal. Other filings revealed the terms of her deal, which includes three years of probation and no jail time.

Read the full article. Pelligrino is president of the Arizona Federation of Republican Women. Earlier this week former Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis agreed to rat out Arizona’s fake electors in return for having charges dropped.



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