The decision is expected to be appealed.
After the 2020 election, the six people gathered to sign documents that gave the state's six electoral votes to Trump, even though Biden won the state by more than 30,000 votes. The whole thing was streamed online, and the video footage has been used as evidence.
The case has focused on the intention of the people when they submitted the certificate. They deny any wrongdoing and call it all “political theatre” to highlight their concerns about the election, and they say they had no intention that the certificate be treated as genuine. The prosecution has argued that the intention was for the documents to be mistaken for real.
The judge believes there is insufficient evidence that the certificate was intended to mislead government officials.
