A judge on Friday agreed to delay a preliminary hearing in the so-called “fake electors” case after the state attorney general’s office said their efforts to prepare were stymied by the recent cyberattack on Nevada’s state government .

“This is akin to essentially someone’s office burning down, losing that information and having to recreate the wheel,” said Senior Judge Derek Dreiling, who held the Friday afternoon Zoom hearing in Carson City Justice Court.

Six Republicans are accused of plotting to give Donald Trump Nevada’s electoral votes in 2020, even though Joe Biden won the state by more than 30,000 votes, and signing certificates purportedly handing Trump the votes.

The defendants include Nevada Republican Party Chairman Michael McDonald and Jesse Law, who was chair of the Clark

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