The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear an appeal from Clifford James Frost, a Michigan Republican charged in connection with efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
Frost was among 16 individuals who signed documents falsely claiming that then-President Donald Trump won Michigan, despite the state’s certified results showing Joe Biden’s victory. He argued that Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel’s (D) prosecution was brought in bad faith and asked the justices to intervene to halt the criminal case.
The Court’s decision leaves the state’s case against Frost and the other defendants to proceed in Michigan courts, The Hill reported.
“The AG brought the Michigan Criminal Prosecution with no reasonable expectation of obtaining valid convictions against the Republican Electors,” Frost’s lawyers claimed in his petition to the justices.
“She did so to retaliate against and/or punish the Republican Electors – all of whom are political opponents of the AG – for their unsuccessful efforts to protest the outcome of the election,” they continued.
