New Mexico attorney general says fake GOP electors can't be prosecuted, recommends changes
New Mexico attorney general says fake GOP electors can't be prosecuted, recommends changes
New Mexico's top prosecutor says the state's five Republican electors cannot be prosecuted under the current law for filing election certificates that falsely declared Donald Trump the winner of the 2020 presidential race.
New Mexico’s top prosecutor said Friday that the state’s five Republican electors cannot be prosecuted under the current law for filing election certificates that falsely declared Donald Trump the winner of the 2020 presidential race.
However, Democratic Attorney General Raúl Torrez is making recommendations to state lawmakers that he says would enhance the security of the state’s electoral process and provide legal authority for prosecuting similar conduct in the future.
New Mexico is one of several states where Republican electors attempted to cast ballots indicating that Trump had won, a strategy at the center of criminal charges against Trump and his associates. Democratic officials launched separate investigations in some states, resulting in indictments against GOP electors.
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Complicit.
You'd prefer he make up laws?
Fraud is still illegal.
According to state law, they didn't commit fraud.
That's the point of the article
Article doesn't mention fraud at all.
The comment I replied to did
What do you think filing false paperwork constitutes?
So is fraud legal in New Mexico, or only if you're a Republican and the AG doesn't want to pursue the case?
Why are you saying he doesn't want to pursue the case?
Because that's what the article says. There are absolutely charges that could be brought against them. Fraud, for one.
So you want the AG to bring fraud charges against the fake electors, despite his professional opinion as the head legal officer of the state of New Mexico that what they did does not constitute as fraud according to New Mexico law?
You're just happy that he's letting fake electors walk, so you're instantly accepting any excuse.
Because I'm not giving him the benefit of the doubt.
Assuming the worst of everyone is an awful way to live
Instantly accepting bullshit excuses is how you get taken advantage of.
If he didn't want to be called complicit, he shouldn't have been complicit.
Fraud is a crime. If he doesn't want to be called complicit, he can stop being complicit.
Are you complicit because you have no legal way to do anything about it?