According to the Detroit News, Nessel obtained a search warrant last week, ordering information about donors who had contributed to the legal defense of the pro-Trump patriots. They were the ones charged by the AG with a laundry list of felonies for submitting an alternate slate of electors as election fraud cases were being heard in court in the aftermath of the 2020 election. The former criminal prosecutor requested bank routing numbers, contributions and communications. "The totality of the circumstances indicate that Give Send Go LLC holds information and data of the listed Give Send Go subscriber profiles who assisted in carrying out and executing a plan to replace the 2020 Democratic electors with Republican electors and the intent with which the participants acted," stated the search warrant, which was signed by Ingham County District Court Judge Cynthia Ward on Aug. 29.

Legal experts immediately saw how the AG seemed to send a "chilling" warning message to the former president's electors' donors. Michigan-based veteran criminal defense Attorney Joshua Blanchard commented: "I've never had the government demand to know who was paying my bill," Blanchard said. "One could fairly look at this from the outside and wonder if it's just trying to harass the folks who are defending the false electors."