WYOMING, Mich. (WOOD) — The Wyoming mayor, who was among a group of so-called fake electors who tried to get Michigan's 2020 electoral votes directed to President Donald Trump, derided the case as a "partisan ploy to score political points" after a judge threw out the charges against him.

Ingham County Judge Kristen Simmons on Tuesday dismissed charges against 15 Republicans, including Mayor Kent Vanderwood.

The group was accused of meeting in December 2020 to sign a document saying they were Michigan’s electors and directing the state’s votes to former President Donald Trump. That document was sent to the U.S. Senate and the National Archives. The Michigan attorney general argued it was an attempt to unlawfully send Michigan’s electoral votes to Trump when they, in fact, went to former

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