Former San Diegan Christina Bobb could spend four years in prison if found guilty of all nine counts against her — and she served the sentences concurrently.
Her maximum concurrent penalty? 12 1/2 years.
Arizona officials on Friday released an unredacted version of the 58-page grand jury indictment that previously named 11 people involved in a fake-electors scheme to overturn the 2020 election of Joe Biden.
Bobb, 41, had to be served with the indictment before Arizona could formally identify her and others. But many media outlets named her Wednesday.
The first indictment mentioned Bobb just three times — twice in tweets and once in a text message sent Dec. 13, 2020, by Jason Miller.
Friday’s version cites Bobb 21 times.
Labeled defendant No. 16, Bobb “was an attorney for the Trump Campaign and worked closely with [redacted name],” says the indictment.
“Bobb lobbied Arizona’s Republican legislators after the 2020 presidential election to disregard the popular vote in Arizona. She additionally helped organize the false Arizona Republican electors’ votes on December 14, 2020.”
The most serious charge against Bobb is conspiracy, a Class 2 felony in Arizona. That crime allegedly involved:
- Fraudulent schemes and artifices
- Fraudulent schemes and practices
- Forgery
- Changing vote of elector by corrupt means or inducement
- And presentment of false instrument for filing
Separately, the one-time One America News reporter and San Diego State MBA also faces two charges of fraud and six counts of forgery.
With Class 1 (murder, rape, etc.) being the worst of six classes, Class 4 felonies like forgery are relatively light — with a possible prison sentence of 1 to 3 1/2 years per count.
Theoretically, if found guilty and she served her terms consecutively, Bobb could spend 21 years in lockup for forgery alone.
Adding the maximum terms of the other counts, Bobb faces an additional 25 years in prison. But with “good behavior credits,” her sentence could be reduced a maximum of 15%.
Bobb declined to comment when contacted by The Associated Press.
Those charged in Arizona include 11 people who falsely claimed to be the legitimate Trump electors from the state as well as his former personal lawyers Rudy Giuliani and John Eastman and former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows.
Giuliani, Eastman and Meadows also have been charged alongside Trump in a racketeering case brought by local prosecutor Fani Willis in Georgia, another election battleground state where Trump sought to reverse a narrow loss.
Three people accused of serving as fake Trump electors in Georgia have been charged in that case. All have pleaded not guilty.
Reuters contributed to this report.
Updated at 10:15 p.m. April 29, 2024