A judge in Nevada dismissed an indictment against six Republicans for submitting a false slate of electors after the 2020 election after she determined she didn’t have jurisdiction over the case and it should have been filed elsewhere in the state, according to multiple outlets.
Clark County District Judge Mary Kay Holthus reportedly said she didn’t see how she had jurisdiction ... [+]
Clark County District Court Judge Mary Kay Holthus delivered the ruling Friday afternoon, saying the alleged acts took place in Carson City and Douglas County and those jurisdictions would have been appropriate for the charges to be filed in, but that she didn’t have jurisdiction, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported.
Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford told reporters “the judge got it wrong,” and said they will be appealing “immediately” and will take the case to the state Supreme Court, the Associated Press reported.
Six Nevada Republicans who were alleged to have “falsely represented themselves as state electors” were indicted last December for their role in the fake elector scheme designed to block Congress from certifying the election results on Jan. 6, 2021.