Michael McDonald, the Nevada GOP chairman who seconded Donald Trump’s nomination for the presidency, was one of the Trump campaign’s “fake electors” from the 2020 election. He was part of the delegation of six Trump supporters in Nevada who submitted phony certificates to Congress claiming they were the rightful electors from that state, which Trump narrowly lost to Joe Biden.
This action was part of Trump’s larger seven-state plot to undermine the Electoral College process and attempt to remain in power. This scheme played a significant role in Trump’s federal election subversion indictment brought by special counsel Jack Smith.
McDonald faced indictment on state charges in Nevada due to his involvement in the fraudulent elector scheme. However, the case was dismissed last month on jurisdictional grounds. The Nevada attorney general, a Democrat, has vowed to appeal this decision, indicating a continued legal battle over the matter.
