A Georgia judge on Wednesday ruled that state Republican Party Chairman David Shafer cannot share an attorney with 10 other Republicans involved in the pro-Trump fake elector scheme because he played a central role in the effort.
Judge Robert McBurney ruled that while the legal exposure of other so-called "alternate electors" is limited, they cannot share attorneys with Shafer because of the central role he played as an organizer of the scheme, according to Politico. Shafer and other Trump supporters organized groups of fake electors ahead of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot and submitted fake slates of electors for former President Donald Trump in states won by President Joe Biden. The Georgia scheme is under investigation by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who is probing efforts to overturn the state's election.
