The communications with state officials are one prong of a much bigger probe by special counsel Jack Smith and his team into efforts to block the transfer of power from former President Trump to President Biden.
WASHINGTON — The top state election official in New Mexico has spoken with federal prosecutors as part of theThe meeting with New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver occurred sometime in the past few months, according to spokesman Alex Curtas, who declined further comment.has spent months examining pressure campaigns by Trump associates aimed at getting battleground states won by Democrat Joe Biden to undo the results of their elections.
After Biden won the state by nearly 11 percentage points, Trump’s campaign briefly challenged the results in court before dropping the lawsuit. Republicans in the state submitted false Electoral College certificates declaring Trump the winner — though the fake electors added a caveat saying the certificates were submitted in case they were later recognized as duly elected, qualified electors.
Former Otero County commissioner and Cowboys for Trump cofounder Couy Griffin was barred last year from holding public office for engaging in insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
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