Electoral College ballot boxes arrive to a joint session of Congress to count the Electoral College votes from the 2020 presidential election on Wednesday, January 6, 2021. Pool Photo by Erin Scott/UPI | License Photo
Aug. 14 (UPI) -- A judge in Nevada has dismissed forgery charges against six Republicans who falsely claimed to be electors in an effort to overturn Joe Biden's victory in the state in 2020, ruling the prosecution failed to present sufficient evidence of intent.
"The court concludes the evidence is insufficient to support a reasonable inference that defendants acted with the requisite intent to defraud," Clark County Judge Mary Kay Holthus ruled Thursday.
The ruling is the latest setback in protracted litigation seeking to hold the six Republicans accountable for attempting to overturn President Donald Trump's election loss in 2020.
Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford initially announced felony charges against the six Republicans in December 2023, accusing them of submitting a false electoral certificate that identified them as Nevada's legitimate electors and purported to case the state's six electoral votes for Trump following the 2020 election.
