Some Georgia officials aided Donald Trump’s campaign to overturn his reelection loss in the presidential race. Others resisted that campaign. Here’s a look at what some of those officials did and what they’ve been doing since the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
His role: Shafer organized an alternate slate of Georgia presidential electors that voted for Donald Trump for president. Shafer’s electors were not legally valid, but Trump sought to have them counted as Georgia’s official presidential electors. Shafer authorized unsuccessful lawsuits challenging state election rules and results. He was a plaintiff in a key Trump lawsuit that sought to overturn Joe Biden’s victory in Georgia.
Since Jan. 6: Shafer was reelected chairman of the Georgia Republican Party in June by delegates with Trump’s public support.
His role: Ligon chaired a Senate committee that allowed Donald Trump’s legal team to air false allegations of voting fraud. He repeated those allegations in a report that included no response from election officials accused of wrongdoing or from law enforcement agencies that investigated and found no evidence to support Trump’s claims. Ligon called for a special legislative session to hear allegations of voting fraud and appoint an alternate slate of presidential electors. He sided with Texas in a lawsuit that sought to invalidate Georgia’s presidential election results, and he was the plaintiff in another lawsuit that sought to do the same. He signed a letter urging...
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