Arizona fake elector scheme played out over social media. Prosecutors noticed

Arizona Republicans documented via social media the process that has now resulted in felony charges against 18 people, accused of trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election in Arizona.

The party's official Facebook page still has up the video of a slate of 11 party members signing a document that falsely certified the state's 11 electoral college votes for Donald Trump, even though Joe Biden narrowly won Arizona. Arizona prosecutors on April 24 indicted the fake electors, along with seven Trump allies.

On The Briefing this week, learn about how Arizona prosecutors also zeroed in on social media posts by some of the fake electors to make the claims against them for fraud, conspiracy and forgery.

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