MSNBC's Rachel Maddow has been doing a great deal of reporting on MAGA Republicans who, after the 2020 presidential election, circulated fake "Electoral College" documents in states that Joe Biden won and falsely claimed, on those documents, that Donald Trump won the states in question. In an article published by the conservative website The Bulwark on January 17, attorney Philip Rotner argues that those fake electors deserve to face criminal prosecution in federal court.
Rotner isn't the only one making that argument. During a January 13 appearance on Maddow's show, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel — who is part of Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's administration — told the host, "Under state law, I think clearly you have forgery of a public record, which is a 14-year offense, and election law forgery, which is a five-year offense."
