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2024 brings back fake electors for Donald Trump, even some facing charges for 2020

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Fourteen fake electors who participated in the 2020 scheme to throw the election results into chaos will once again serve as electors for Trump in 2024 .

Republican state parties in Michigan , Pennsylvania , New Mexico and Nevada have rennominated 14 of the 84 fake electors from the 2020 election.

Trump is facing four felony charges in Washington , D.C. related to leading conspiracies to reverse the 2020 results.

Pennsylvania Republicans submitted a list of presidential electors to the secretary of state ’s office with five former fake electors: Bill Bachenberg , Bernadette Comfort , Ash Khare , Pat Poprik and Andy Reilly .

Pennsylvania electors wouldn't sign the fake certificate in 2020 unless the forms specifically said that their votes weren't to be counted until the courts ruled in Trump 's favor.

Electors have not been charged with a crime.

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