At least 8 fake electors have been granted immunity in the Georgia Trump investigation

After Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis notified all Republican “fake electors” in Georgia that they were targets in her investigation, news has broken that at least eight of the 16 so-called fake electors in Georgia who sought to give the state electoral votes in the 2020 election to former President Donald Trump instead of President Joe Biden have accepted immunity deals.

This move follows the ongoing criminal investigation into efforts by Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 election. Willis offered immunity deals to several of the Republicans who served as pro-Trump electors and they accepted, according to court filings on the case.

Although terms of the immunity deals have not been disclosed, the filings reveal that seven of the electors sat in April for interviews with representatives of the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office before accepting the deals. 

An eighth fake elector was out of the country, but also accepted. Their newly secured cooperators could spell trouble for Trump and offer insights into a key prong of Willis’s sprawling investigation into election interference and the role Trump’s allies played in organizing the effort.

The eight electors with immunity deals are half of the 16 people who met at Georgia’s state Capitol on Dec. 14, 2020, and signed a certificate declaring falsely that Trump had won the presidential election and declaring themselves the state’s “duly elected and qualified” electors. Other Republicans who served as pro-Trump electors remain in jeopardy and could still face legal exposure in Willis’ investigation.

Meanwhile, Kimberly Bourroughs Debrow, the attorney who has been representing the fake electors, has come under fire for failing to tell her clients about the immunity deal proposal by Willis in 2022. As a result, the DA is seeking Debrow’s disqualification. 

Willis told the court in a filing on April 18, days after the prosecutors met with the eight electors about immunity deals, that “Debrow’s continued participation in this matter is fraught with conflicts of interest that rise to the level of her being disqualified from this case in its entirety.”

In response, Debrow filed her own motions saying, “The District Attorney’s Motion is reckless, frivolous, offensive, and completely without merit.”

Willis also told the court that some of the electors said during their interviews that “another elector represented by Ms. Debrow committed acts that are violations of Georgia law and that they were not party to these additional acts.” The document did not name that elector.The immunity deals for the eight come on the heels of Willis advising local law enforcement officials in a letter that she plans to make an announcement on possible charges against Trump or his allies between July 11 and September 1. She warned local law enforcement authorities about “significant public reaction” when grand jury results are announced. While the grand jury could decide to indict or not, and she did not specifically name Trump, she asked for “heightened security and preparedness” during that period.