Lawyer for Michigan false elector suggests Trump staffer should have been charged
Lansing — George Donnini, a lawyer for one of the 16 Republican electors who signed a certificate falsely claiming Donald Trump won Michigan's 2020 election, said in court Tuesday his client felt misled by the Trump campaign and tied the document to a campaign staffer.
Donnini's comments came at the end of a lengthy day of testimony in Ingham County District Court, where a judge is considering whether felony charges, including allegations of forgery, against six of the GOP electors should advance to trial.
While questioning Howard Shock, a special agent for Attorney General Dana Nessel's office, Donnini argued that Michael Roman, the Trump campaign's director of Election Day operations, was the reason the GOP certificate in Michigan asserted Trump had won Michigan's 16 electoral votes.
“Maybe, you should charge Mike Roman and not a retired farmer,” Donnini told Shock, referring to his client Kathy Berden of Snover.
