- Net worth
- Unknown
- Crimes
- fake electors, obstruction, other
- Convicted of
- Preemptive pardon for potential federal charges related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election
- Original sentence
- N/A (preemptive pardon; no federal conviction)
- Time served
- N/A
Background
Meshawn Maddock is a former co-chairwoman of the Michigan Republican Party who was one of 16 Michigan fake electors who participated in the scheme to overturn the 2020 election results.
The Case
Maddock was never federally charged or convicted, but received a preemptive federal pardon from President Trump in November 2025 as part of a batch of 77 pardons for allies involved in efforts to overturn the 2020 election. The pardon was described as "full, complete, and unconditional" but was largely symbolic since presidential pardons apply only to federal crimes and Maddock had no federal convictions.
Maddock was one of 16 Michigan fake electors who signed unofficial certificates falsely claiming Trump won Michigan despite Joe Biden winning the state by over 150,000 votes. The 16 Republicans met at Michigan GOP headquarters on December 14, 2020, and attempted to present these documents as legitimate electoral certificates to the National Archives and U.S. Senate. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel charged all 16 with eight felony counts in July 2023, including forgery and election law violations. However, a Lansing District Judge dismissed the state charges in September 2025, ruling that prosecutors failed to prove the defendants intended to defraud.
The Pardon
On November 9, 2025, President Trump granted Meshawn Maddock a full pardon along with 76 other allies tied to efforts to overturn the 2020 election. The pardon was issued preemptively, before any federal charges were filed. The proclamation covered conduct "relating to the advice, creation, organization, execution, submission, support, voting, activities, participation in, or advocacy for or of any slate or proposed slate of Presidential electors" in connection with the 2020 election.