The three Georgia politicians are accused of being so-called 'fake' electors.
By Clare Hymes, Graham Katesin Fulton County, Georgia, told a federal judge Wednesday that their clients' cases should be considered in federal court, claiming they were tantamount to federal officials in their role as appointed electors for the Republican party.
If the court finds they acted as federal officials, the three could have their prosecutions moved out of the Fulton County Superior Court to the federal district court, where their attorneys argue they'd be entitled to certain immunity protections. Attorneys said their clients"did their duty" when they were called on by attorneys for the Trump campaign to gather and vote, in case the election was flipped in his favor, and maintained that the trio, along with the other electors, were told this was the procedure by lawyers for the Trump campaign.
"Should the defendants be considered federal officials because they were performing a federal function?" Even if Trump campaign lawyers had succeeded in challenging Georgia's presidential election results, Cross asserted that the remedy in the statute would have required a new election, not a simple replacement of the electors, despite the defense lawyers' claims that this was lawful protocol.
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