Arizona Superior Court in and for the County of Maricopa
Full case name
State of Arizona v. Kelli Ward, et al.
Docket nos.
CR2024-006850 (93 SGJ 81)[1]
Charge
List of charges
Conspiracy
Forgery
Fraudulent schemes and artifices
Fraudulent schemes and practices
State of Arizona v. Kelli Ward, et al. is a state criminal prosecution concerning the Trump fake electors plot in Arizona. The eighteen defendants, including eleven Arizona Republicans and seven Donald Trump associates, are accused of producing and attempting to use a certificate of ascertainment to falsely claim Trump had won the state's electoral votes in the 2020 U.S. presidential election in Arizona.[2][3] The eleven fake electors included former Arizona Republican Party chair Kelli Ward, who allegedly led ten other Republicans in signing the fraudulent certificate. The indictment contains nine criminal counts, including felony fraud, forgery and conspiracy.
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