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Most of the false electors recently indicted in Michigan for submitting fake certificates and posing as legitimate electors are big names in state politics. One is a national committeewoman for the Republican Party. One is the Michigan Republican Party co-chair. Among the 16 people indicted this week are multiple county chairs, board members, a former Michigan secretary of state, and the current mayor of a small city.
But a small handful of the false electors had less experience with Republican politics. Some of them turned up at their local primary, raised their hand to be a Trump delegate, and ended up as one of the would-be electors had Trump actually won. That’s exactly what Michele Lundgren, a photographer from Detroit, says happened to her.
Then, on Dec. 14, 2020, Lundgren says she received an urgent call from someone in the Michigan Republican Party asking her to come to the party offices in Lansing. In the basement of that building, 16 people met and signed a certificate swearing that Donald Trump had won Michigan and they were the duly appointed electors to represent Trump. That illegal scheme ended with each of the 16 being the subject of eight felony charges, each of which carries a potential sentence of 14 years.
Now Lundgren says she is the innocent victim of a “scam” and that Trump attorneys didn’t just forge a fake certificate—they also forged her signature.
