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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFar-right website (Gateway Pundit) admits there was no fraud at 2020 vote-count in Atlanta
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The far-right website The Gateway Pundit acknowledged for the first time on Saturday that there was not any fraud during ballot counting in Atlanta in 2020 when Donald Trump lost the presidency, a significant concession from one of the most influential conservative sites that plays a key role in spreading election misinformation.
The statement, the first acknowledgment from the site that there was no proof of fraud in Atlanta, came days after the site settled a defamation lawsuit with Ruby Freeman and her daughter, Shaye Moss, two local election workers who the site falsely accused of wrongdoing. The terms of the settlement were not disclosed publicly, but the site appears to have removed all mention of the two women.
Georgia officials concluded that there was no widespread voter fraud by election workers who counted ballots at the State Farm Arena in November 2020, the sites co-founder, Jim Hoft, said in a statement posted on Gateway Pundit on Saturday. The results of this investigation indicate that Ruby Freeman and Wandrea Shaye Moss did not engage in ballot fraud or criminal misconduct while working at State Farm Arena on election night. A legal matter with this news organization and the two election workers has been resolved to the mutual satisfaction of the parties through a fair and reasonable settlement.
As Trump sought to overturn his 2020 electoral defeat to Joe Biden, Gateway Pundit relentlessly amplified a misleading video it said showed poll workers fraudulently counting ballots on election night. Gateway Pundit was the first site to identify Freeman and Moss as the two women in the video and published dozens of articles falsely accusing them of wrongdoing.
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Far-right website (Gateway Pundit) admits there was no fraud at 2020 vote-count in Atlanta (Original Post)
Nevilledog
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duncang
(3,153 posts)1. He needs to be on newsmax, oan, faux
Making the rounds wherever he can and saying he lied about the 2020 election along with everyone else who worked there.
Not just Georgia didnt find didnt find fraud. It should be we lied to you..
cloudbase
(5,694 posts)2. GP should be required to revise their statement omitting
the word "widespread."