Democrats themselves used this strategy in the 1960 election, a close race between Vice President Richard Nixon (R) and Sen. John Kennedy (D-MA).

In a social media post Tuesday, Breitbart News’s Joel Pollak wrote, “The case against the Michigan electors, like all the ‘fake electors’ cases, was bogus from the start.”

“As with the JFK precedent, the goal was not to defraud but to have a substitute set of electors as a remedy if courts ruled their way,” he added.

The group was initially 16 until one man accused in the case agreed to cooperate with the state attorney general’s office, resulting in the charges against him being dropped, the AP article said.

“Prominent Michigan MAGA activist and former Michigan Republican Party Co-Chair Meshawn Maddock was one of the accused. Her attorney, Nicholas Somberg, told reporters after the hearing that the case brought by the attorney general’s office was a waste of money and a ‘malicious prosecution,’” the outlet stated.