are the alternate electors who are not duly chosen. they face potential charges. court filings on tuesday indicated that all 16 phony georgia republican electors have been informed they could face criminal charges. the fillings were the latest signal that fulton county district attorney fani willis s investigation is circling the gop electors who gathered at the state capitol in december, 2020. that strikes me is a big deal because the federal government is also looking into that. this is actually a really big deal. and what i think is most interesting about it is the issue of the actual target letter. target letters are not often used in state investigations. they are a tool that is primarily used by federal prosecutors when they are conducting a federal grand jury investigation. in this case, the district attorney has given target letters to folks, some of which have already given statements.