In the wake of Donald Trump's recent federal indictment in a classified documents case, and his indictment by a grand jury in New York over an alleged hush money payment, the former president could be facing more legal issues, with reports suggesting prosecutors are narrowing the scope of their investigation into his claims of fraud in the 2020 presidential election.
The Washington Post reports that prosecutors are focused on ads and fundraising pitches that falsely claimed election fraud as well as plans for “fake electors” to be installed in swing states that voted for Joe Biden.
Reports surfaced in 2022 that, in the wake of Trump's loss, groups from seven states including Arizona, Georgia and New Mexico sent lists of so-called "alternate electors" to the National Archives. Those who signed the falsified documents claimed that Trump won the 2020 election — when, in reality, the electors in those states voted in favor of now-President Biden.
The Post reports that investigators are focusing on some of the attorneys that were in Trump's orbit during his attempts to overturn the election results, such as Rudy Giuliani, Jenna Ellis, John Eastman, Kurt Olsen and Kenneth Chesebro, and Jeffrey Clark.
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