But it’s Trump-aligned criminal defendants benefiting from that legal protection in a new ruling out of Arizona. The ruling comes in a so-called fake electors criminal case brought by Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes.

Kris Mayes will have to convince grand jurors once again to indict 11 fake electors she contends were part of a scheme to affect the 2020 presidential race.

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes will again have to convince grand jurors to indict 11 fake electors and others she contends were part of a scheme to overturn the 2020 presidential

The state's case against the so called "fake electors," hit a major roadblock. A judge says Attorney General Kris Mayes' office failed to properly inform the grand jury on the federal law concerning alternate electors.