Has Tyler Boyer entered a plea and what pretrial hearings are scheduled?
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Executive summary
Tyler Bowyer (also reported as Tyler Bowyer/Bowyer) was among the Arizona “fake electors” charged in the post‑2020 election schemes; he was included on President Trump’s November 2025 pardon list (reporting names and the pardon timing are in multiple sources) [1] [2] [3]. Available sources in this package do not report a recent plea by Bowyer in the Arizona fake‑elector case, nor do they list upcoming pretrial court dates specifically for him; reporting instead focuses on indictment, pleas or pardons for other participants and the November 2025 pardons [4] [1] [2].
1. Who is Tyler Bowyer and what was he charged with
Tyler Bowyer is identified in local and national reporting as one of the group of Arizona “fake electors” who signed documents claiming Donald Trump had won Arizona’s 2020 electors; that broader indictment named multiple people, including attorneys and campaign aides, and alleged conspiracy, fraud and forgery tied to the Dec. 14, 2020, fake‑elector scheme [1]. Several outlets list Bowyer among those 11 Arizona electors and among the 18 defendants charged in the related federal or state actions that followed [1] [2].
2. Has Bowyer entered a plea? — What the sources say
The set of articles provided reports guilty pleas and plea deals for a handful of other figures connected to post‑2020 litigation (for example, other defendants pleaded guilty or had charges dropped after cooperation) but do not report a plea by Tyler Bowyer himself. Baptist News and other coverage mention Bowyer’s role among the electors but do not say he pleaded guilty; the same sources that list Bowyer among pardoned individuals do not simultaneously record a prior plea in the available excerpts [4] [1] [2]. Therefore: available sources do not mention a Bowyer plea [4] [1] [2].
3. Pardons change the legal picture — reporting on November 2025 action
Multiple pieces in this collection document a tranche of pardons issued in November 2025 that included people tied to the fake‑elector efforts; Bowyer’s name appears on at least two lists of pardoned allies in that reporting, and the Federal Register posted the Presidential document formalizing those actions [5] [2] [3] [1]. Those sources identify Bowyer as among those named, which is material to whether future prosecution or pretrial scheduling would proceed [2] [3].
4. Pretrial calendar — what the reporting does and does not show
None of the provided articles set out upcoming pretrial hearings or calendar dates specifically for Bowyer. The Arizona reporting traces indictments, charge adjustments and the later pardons, but it does not include a schedule of future court dates for Bowyer in the excerpts provided [1] [4]. Therefore: available sources do not mention scheduled pretrial hearings for Bowyer [1] [4].
5. How other defendants’ pleas and scheduling were reported — useful context
The coverage in these results illustrates common patterns: some defendants in related matters entered pleas (or had charges dropped after cooperation), courts set preliminary‑hearing or waiver hearings for other high‑profile defendants, and media accounts highlighted which individuals pleaded guilty versus which maintained not‑guilty pleas [4] [1] [2]. That contrast shows why explicit reporting of a plea or a court date is normally prominent; the absence of that language about Bowyer in the provided pieces indicates no such development is recorded here [4] [1].
6. Competing perspectives and limitations in these sources
Some pieces frame the prosecutions as legitimate enforcement of election laws; others — particularly statements from defendants in connected cases — describe charges as politically motivated or “targeting” allies [4] [2]. The sources here also emphasize the impact of the November 2025 pardons in altering the legal stakes [2] [3]. Limitation: the supplied search results are partial excerpts and do not include complete court dockets or direct filings; for definitive, current plea status and hearing dates, court records or a local clerk’s calendar would be necessary — those are not in the provided reporting [1] [4].
7. Bottom line and next steps for verification
Based on these articles, Bowyer is named among Arizona’s fake electors and appears on published pardon lists from November 2025 [1] [2] [3]. Available sources do not report that he entered a plea or list pretrial hearings for him; to confirm any change since these reports you should consult the relevant court docket or a more recent, direct court filing (not found in current reporting) [1] [4].