Trump, Giuliani, Meadows 'unindicted co-conspirators' in Michigan plot

• A state investigator testified Wednesday on the Michigan fake electors plot
• He said former President Donald Trump was an unindicted co-conspirator 
• Howard Shock also named Mark Meadows and Rudy Giuliani  

A state investigator testified Wednesday that he considers former President Donald Trump, former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani to be uncharged co-conspirators in the Michigan fake electors plot.

Howard Shock, whose work led to forgery charges against more than a dozen people in Michigan, was being cross-examined Wednesday in Lansing as part of a hearing Wednesday to determine if there’s enough evidence to order a trail.

A defense attorney, Duane Silverthorn, offered a series of names and asked Shock if they were ‘unindicted co-conspirators,’ which means they weren’t charged but could have been part of an alleged plot to put Michigan’s electoral votes in Trump’s column.

Shock responded ‘yes’ to Trump, Meadows, Giuliani and some high-ranking state Republicans.

In Michigan, authorities said more than a dozen Republicans sent certificates to Congress falsely declaring they were electors and that Trump was the winner of the 2020 election in the state, despite results showing he had lost.

Former President Donald Trump is photographed Tuesday in Manhattan Superior Court during the Stormy Daniels hush money trial. A state investigator said the former president would be considered an ‘unindicted co-conspirator’ in the Michigan fake electors scheme

Democratic Attorney General Dana Nessel said the scheme was hatched in the basement of the state Republican Party headquarters.

‘I’m surprised the question was even answered,’ said Detroit-area attorney Margaret Raben, former head of a statewide association of defense lawyers.

‘It’s irrelevant – legally and factually irrelevant – that there are other people who could have been charged or should have been charged,’ said Raben, who is not involved in the case.

Meadows’ lawyer, George Terwilliger, had a similar reaction when reached by The Associated Press.

He declined further comment.

Giuliani political adviser Ted Goodman emailed a response that didn’t address the specific issue.

An email seeking comment was sent to a Trump spokesperson.

The Michigan State Capitol in Lansing. In Michigan, authorities said more than a dozen Republicans sent certificates to Congress falsely declaring they were electors and that Trump was the winner of the 2020 election in the state, despite results showing he had lost

Trump is in court this week for the Stormy Daniels hush money case after the jury selection process wrapped up last week.

On Wednesdays, however, the Manhattan court doesn’t meet.

In Georgia, Trump, Giuliani and others are charged with conspiracy related to the filing of a Republican elector certificate in that state following the 2020 election.

Meadows is also charged in Georgia but not in relation to the elector scheme. They have pleaded not guilty.

An indictment by Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith charging Trump with plotting to overturn the election also accuses the former president in a fake elector scheme and identifies six unnamed and unindicted co-conspirators, including Giuliani.

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