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- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced charges against 16 "fake" electors.
- The felony charges mark a historic first against a pro-Trump scheme to overturn the 2020 election.
- Among those facing charges is former Michigan Republican Party co-Chairwoman Meshawn Maddock.
Michigan Attorney Dana Nessel announced on Tuesday felony charges against 16 people who sought to act as so-called "fake electors" in a bid to overturn the state's election results and hand the swing state to then-President Donald Trump.
"This plan to reject the will of the voters to overturn the will of the voters and undermine democracy was fraudulent and legally baseless," Nessel said in a video announcing the indictments.