The purported certificates were sent to the National Archives and had signatures from individuals purporting to be Trump electors in at least seven states that President Biden won.
“Our prosecutors are looking at those, and I can’t say anything more on ongoing investigations,” Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco commented to CNN on Tuesday. "But more broadly, the attorney general has been clear, we are going to follow the facts and the law wherever they lead to address conduct of any kind and at any level that is part of an assault on our democracy."
Two weeks ago, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced she had turned over information to federal prosecutors from a yearlong investigation she conducted into 16 Republicans whose signatures were detected on 2020 electoral certificates in her state. New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas also announced that week that he referred the certificates to federal prosecutors.
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The documents, published last March by government watchdog American Oversight, purported to be electoral certificates from Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. The documents obviously had no impact on the outcome of the 2020 election.
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A number of the documents were signed by top Republican Party officials in those states. The documents that American Oversight obtained for New Mexico and Pennsylvania contained a note insisting that the certificates were created in case it was later determined that Trump was the winner in those states.
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The certificates were sent at a time when Trump was contesting the results of the election. The former President and his allies engaged in litigation claiming there was widespread fraud and irregularities, though the courts ultimately rejected the election lawsuits. Trump was also pressing former Vice President Mike Pence to stall the Jan. 6 certification and send electoral votes back to several battleground states where GOP-led legislatures could try to overturn the results. Yet, when the Capitol riot disrupted the proceedings in those turbulent hours, the Vice President did not go through with the plan.
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Rep. Jamie Raskin, a member of the House Select Committee investigating Jan. 6, told reporters last week that the Committee is interested in investigating the certificates, the New York Times reported. He noted particular interest in the preparation of the certificates. Trump and his allies are also facing scrutiny in Fulton County, Georgia, for their actions in the aftermath of the 2020 election. The county's district attorney, Fani Willis, received court approval Monday for a special grand jury to assist in her investigation into whether Trump or his allies broke state laws in their efforts to overturn the Peach State's 2020 election results.
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