Former President Donald Trump is an unindicted co-conspirator in the Michigan attorney general's investigation into attempts to overturn the 2020 election in that state, an investigator said Wednesday.
The investigator also said the list of unindicted conspirators includes former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani, former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and former Trump campaign lawyer, Jenna Ellis.
The revelations came during a preliminary hearing in Lansing for some of Michigan's fraudulent voters, who were indicted by Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel as part of her investigation into attempts to overturn the 2020 election .
Nessel, a Democrat, accused 16 fake Republican voters in Michigan last summer. CNN reported in December that the investigation was ongoing and appeared to be expanding. One of the defendants has already agreed to cooperate with prosecutors in the Nessel case, in exchange for dropping charges. The other fifteen defendants have pleaded not guilty.
The defense attorney for one of the fake voters asked Special Agent Howard Schock, a lead investigator in the Nessel investigation, in court Wednesday whether certain people were conspirators. The shocked woman answered “yes” when the lawyer asked her about Trump, Meadows, Giuliani and Ellis.
Trump, Giuliani, Meadows and Ellis do not face charges in Michigan. They have all been charged in Georgia's massive 2020 election interference case. Ellis pleaded guilty in the case last year. The others deny any wrongdoing.
A spokesperson for Nessel's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the revelation. CNN contacts lawyers representing Trump, Meadows and Ellis.
“The continued militarization of our justice system should concern all Michiganders and all Americans,” Giuliani spokesman Ted Goodman said in a statement.
The statewide investigation focused largely on the actions of individual fraudulent voters, who were charged with crimes last summer. But since then, there have been signs that prosecutors are investigating broader Trump-backed attempts to overturn the results in Michigan, where he lost by about 155,000 votes.
In December, investigators questioned pro-Trump lawyer Kenneth Chesebro, who played a leading role in the fake election conspiracy. CNN previously reported that investigators asked it about Trump, Giuliani and Trump campaign operatives, and asked how they factored in attempts to interfere with the results in Michigan and beyond.
The Trump campaign had a seven-state plot to subvert the Electoral College process following his defeat in the 2020 election.
The attorneys general of Michigan, Georgia and Nevada have now indicted at least some of their states' fraudulent voters. Investigations are still ongoing in Arizona and Wisconsin. Prosecutors in New Mexico and Pennsylvania declined to file charges.