In a victory for supporters of former President Donald Trump, a case of so-called fake electors has been dismissed in Nevada.
Judge Mary Kay Holthus dismissed the case because, she said, Clark County was not the appropriate venue.
If you are wondering why prosecutors, who should have known better, brought the case to Clark Count, the answer may be that Clark County has 468,651 registered Democrats versus 357,762 registered Republicans, the Nevada Secretary of State records show.
Juxtapose that with Carson City, which has 14,927 registered Republicans to 9,805 registered Democrats, or Douglas County, where registered Republicans total 21,840 and registered Democrats total 7,942, and you may have the answer.
Prosecutors were far more likely to garner a Democrat-heavy jury that could have been more likely to convict the Republicans.
But the attorney for the defense bluntly declared that the case was dead.
“They’re done,” Clark County Republican party chairman Jesse Law’s attorney Margaret McLetchie said.
In December, the attorney general sounded confident in his case when he announced the charges.
McDonald’s attorney, Richard Wright, said to the judge that he believed convening the grand jury in Las Vegas was improper and said that the prosecutors failed to give evidence to the defense that could have exonerated those who were charged.