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"...Group photo shows Michigan GOP electors on day they signed false certificate
Craig Mauger
The Detroit News

Lansing — A photo, obtained by the Michigan Attorney General's office and released Thursday, shows a group of 16 Republicans posing together for a picture the day they signed a certificate falsely claiming Donald Trump won the 2020 presidential election.

The picture had been discussed during preliminary examinations in Ingham County District Court on Tuesday and Wednesday as a state judge weighed whether criminal charges against six of the false Trump electors should proceed to trial.

Attorney General Dana Nessel's office released the image after an open records request by The Detroit News. The photo was taken on Dec. 14, 2020, inside the Michigan Republican Party headquarters in downtown Lansing, where the GOP electors met to sign certificates stating Trump had won the election that he actually lost..."