I have long been curious as to who actually participated in this plot, so I submitted a Freedom of Information Act request from National Archives. I received copies of slates of these phony electors from seven states -- Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, New Mexico, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
Given the extraconstitutional nature of the scheme, I expected that most would be Trump partisans on the political fringe. Instead, most were elected party officials, political officeholders and other key figures in state Republican politics.
The return addresses on the certificates included the Arizona Republican Party, the Georgia Republican Party, the Republican Party of New Mexico, the Nevada Republican Party. Michigan's came from Kathy Berden, who included the title, "Chair of the Michigan Republican Electoral College." Pennsylvania's was sent in by Bill Bachenberg, who referred to himself as the "Chairperson, Electoral College of Pennsylvania." Wisconsin's simply stated, "Chairperson of the Electoral College of Wisconsin." When asked by The Detroit News about why she chose to participate in this scheme, Berden said, "I can't comment on anything like that. That was a long time ago." CNN reached out to Bachenberg for comment, but has not received a response