New forgery charges have been filed against Nevada’s six so-called “fake electors” in Carson City District Court after the Nevada attorney general’s initial prosecution was dismissed in Clark County earlier this year, a move called “preemptive” by the office given that the statute of limitations on the charges is set to expire this week.
The charges relate to accusations that the Republican fake electors knowingly forged documents purporting to be the state’s true electors on Dec. 14, 2020. On that day, they held a symbolic ceremony outside the Legislature to “cast” their electoral votes for then-President Donald Trump, the same day that the state’s actual electoral votes were cast for Joe Biden.
Nevada’s statute of limitations for forgery charges is four years, meaning they had to be filed by Dec. 14, 2024, which is Saturday. The new charges come about one month before Trump is set to be sworn in for a second term as president. Trump cannot pardon anyone implicated in the case because the charges are on the state level and are not federal…