CNN is now reporting that special counsel Jack Smith has granted limited immunity to “at least” two of the individuals who signed their name as fake Donald Trump “electors” in the Republican attempt to throw out the results of the 2020 presidential election that Biden won.
That’s the short version, but the details are much more interesting. The two fake electors who were given immunity in exchange for their grand jury testimony last week are Nevada state Republican Party Chairman Michael McDonald and national committeeman Jim DeGraffenreid, who had refused to answer questions posed by the House Select Committee investigating the scheme. It doesn’t sound like there were negotiations involved. “In the situations where prosecutors have given witnesses immunity, the special counsel’s office arrived at the courthouse in Washington ready to compel their testimony after the witnesses indicated they would decline to answer questions under the Fifth Amendment,” reports CNN.