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Andre McCoy

Included on the basis of: Named in incident record — 2020 Fake Elector Scheme

Retired U.S. Army major; security consultant; signed Pennsylvania's conditionally-worded December 14, 2020 Trump/Pence elector certificate.

Location: Pennsylvania

Documented claims

Documented fact

No Pennsylvania criminal charges were filed against Andre McCoy or any of the other 19 signers. The Pennsylvania Attorney General's office stated that the certificate's conditional clause -- limiting its effect to a scenario in which a court overturned Pennsylvania's results, which did not happen -- meant the conduct did not meet the legal standard for forgery under state law, even though the office characterized the broader effort as intentionally misleading. Andre McCoy was not charged in the August 2023 federal indictment of Donald Trump or named as one of its unindicted co-conspirators.

PA Republicans' hedged language may have saved them from prosecution — LancasterOnline (01/01/2022) [Primary]
Why weren't Pennsylvania's fake electors charged? — Spotlight PA (07/31/2023) [Corroborating]

Documented fact 12/14/2020

Andre McCoy was one of 20 Pennsylvania Republicans who met in Harrisburg on December 14, 2020 and signed a Republican "Certificate of Vote" for Donald Trump and Mike Pence. UNLIKE the certificates signed in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, and Wisconsin, Pennsylvania's certificate contained explicit conditional language, certifying the vote "on the understanding that if, as a result of a final non-appealable Court Order or other proceeding prescribed by law, we are ultimately recognized as being the duly elected and qualified Electors" -- a hedged framing that never asserted present legitimacy, unlike the unconditional slates in the other five states.

Pennsylvania Republican electors' unofficial Certificate of Vote, Dec. 14, 2020 — National Archives and Records Administration (FOIA release) (12/14/2020) [Primary]
Trump's fake electors: Here's the full list (Pennsylvania) — Pennsylvania Capital-Star (06/29/2022) [Corroborating]

Relationships

Confirmed Associated with incident — 2020 Fake Elector Scheme (Signer, Pennsylvania Trump elector certificate (conditional, Dec. 14, 2020))

12/14/2020

Pennsylvania Republican electors' unofficial Certificate of Vote, Dec. 14, 2020 — National Archives and Records Administration (FOIA release) (12/14/2020) [Primary]