Anonymous Letter Doxes CO County Prosecutor & State Election Officials

The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office are investigating an anonymous letter that references the Columbine massacre, accuses top state officials and Mesa County District Attorney Dan Rubinstein of being in a hate group, and lists the home addresses of Rubinstein, numerous state elections employees as well as their family members in other states.

A spokesperson for DA Rubinstein declined to comment beyond confirming that he was mentioned in a doxing letter and saying that the letter was turned over to the FBI and Mesa County Sheriff’s Office to investigate.

Publishing the addresses of elected officials, state employees, or their families, especially if the intent is retaliation or intimidation, could be a crime, under a number of state and federal laws.

“This type of mailing would be of concern to law enforcement since it appears to be an effort to intimidate or threaten,” says former Boulder District Attorney Stanley Garnett, now a partner at Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP.

“As so often with this type of communication, it is a little hard to tell exactly what the mailer is trying to accomplish, but it doesn’t seem very nice. Possible criminal violations (depending on the context and to whom it was actually mailed) could include: witness intimidation, obstruction of justice, identity theft or attempt to influence a public servant. The actual charges would have to be determined after a full investigation.”

The letter, which is riddled with spelling and grammatical errors, opens with violent rhetoric before attacking a relatively small Western Slope progressive political group called Rural Colorado United, a political action committee (PAC) focused on opposing Congresswoman Lauren Boebert (R-CO).

Read more: https://coloradotimesrecorder.com/2021/12/anonymous-letter-doxes-co-county-prosecutor-state-election-officials/41671/

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