Judge asks Fulton County prosecutors if a fake elector has ever been charged before
From CNN's Marshall Cohen
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee asked prosecutors Friday if any fake electors have ever been criminally charged before, touching on the unprecedented nature of the Georgia case.
“Just so we can set bearings, in your research of this, has an elector or someone purported to be an elector ever been prosecuted before?” McAfee asked.
“I have not found one,” prosecutor Will Wooten responded.
Wooten added: “Just because it hasn’t happened before, in our opinion, doesn’t really have much affect on this case.”
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