Claims of crime expose rift in Georgia’s pro-Trump fake elector group

Admission reveals potentially major fracture in the group as prosecutors near the end of their investigation

Some of the people who falsely claimed to be a Trump elector in the 2020 election in Georgia recently told state prosecutors examining the illegal scheme that one of the so-called fake electors committed crimes that they were not involved in, according to a new court document filed on Tuesday.

The admission, included in a document submitted by Fulton county district attorney Fani Willis, shows a potentially major fracture in the group as prosecutors near the end of the criminal investigation and consider bringing charges against the former president and dozens of allies.