In a major gut-punch to Michigan’s Democrat activist Attorney General Dana Nessel, Governor Whitmer-appointed Judge Kristin Simmons has ignored party allegiance and decided to put an end to the lawfare against 15 innocent Republican electors from the 2020 election, who cast an alternate slate of electoral votes for President Trump in a state where the stunning election results were highly contested by many.
A stunning video showed MI AG Dana Nessel on a Zoom call with a far-left group, bragging about how, if the judge (Kristin Simmins) decides to send the alternate electors case to a jury trial, she’s set them up to be tried in the deep blue city of Lansing, MI, where it’s very likely they won’t get a fair jury trial. In other words, Michigan’s top law enforcement officer is mocking these 15 mostly senior citizens who are entitled to a fair trial for not being able to receive a fair trial.
Michigan’s partisan hack AG Dana Nessel explains to far-left group how difficult it is to get the Republican 2020 alternate electors to flip on each other because “they legit believe” Donald Trump won the 2020 election.
— PattyMI (@PattyLovesTruth) July 17, 2025
She totally blew her case when she admitted they didn’t… pic.twitter.com/ixcoCsUP5r
In a stunning decision, Judge Kristin D. Simmons has ignored party allegiance and decided to put an end to the lawfare against 16 innocent Republican electors from the 2020 election who cast an alternate slate of electoral votes for President Trump in a state where the stunning election results were highly contested by many.
During the testimony, the judge referred to the Republicans’ electoral votes as an “alternate” slate of electoral votes. The judge read the charges aloud to the court and reminded the court that the attorney general’s office needed to be able to prove that the electors attempted to present a counterfeit or fraudulent document, calling them both “specific intent crimes.” The court looked at the statutes and determined that the prosecution did not sufficiently prove its case.
Judge Simmons addressed the “Conspiracy to commit forgery” charges, stating that the prosecution would have to prove that the electors intended to defraud the government with the documents, which they were unable to do.
Judge Simmins openly admonished AG Dana Nessel for accusing her of delaying the trial, reminding her that she had to hold two separate trials because of the size of the pool of defendants, and that the amount of testimony provided by the electors was significant.
The judge also mentioned GOP Elector James Renner, who was given immunity from Attorney General Nessel’s office for helping the prosecutors to convict his fellow electors. Judge Simmons explained how Mr. Renner’s testimony actually helped the electors: “At the meeting, there was no intent to defraud anyone,” and that the former Michigan State Police employee would not have even attended the meeting if he thought there was going to be a crime committed.
Judge Simmons reminded the court that the electors posed for a photo in the basement of the Republican Party headquarters in Lansing, where the alternate electors allegedly signed the documents. People who are committing a crime don’t pose for a photo, the judge said, adding “that would be weird!”
Agent Howard Shock, Attorney General Nessel’s only investigator on the case, ended up being a disaster for her bogus case against the electors. On several occasions during his testimony, Judge Simmons was seen shaking her head and rolling her eyes at his incompetence. The judge said, “This is a fraud case, and I don’t believe there is enough evidence to prove it.” Agent Shock told the court there was no real distinction between James Renner and the other electors, as they were all doing their civic duty.”
While the judge said she could potentially charge Elector Meshawn Maddock for organizing the electors to sign the alternate slate of electors with Trump lawyers, a video showed Elector Meshawn Maddock and Marian Sheridan holding a press conference after the alternate slate of electors was sent to D.C. explaining how they believed the election was stolen and they were simply casting an alternate slate of electoral votes which were not meant to replace the Democrat slate of electoral votes.
I believe they were exercising their constitutional rights to seek redress, and that’s based on the statements of all of the people’s witnesses. And for those reasons, these cases will not be bound over to the circuit court and this case will be dismissed.”
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