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littlemissmartypants

(25,497 posts) Wed Mar 13, 2019, 07:25 AM Mar 2019

US Justice Department probe ratchets up scrutiny into 9th District election fraud

US Justice Department probe ratchets up scrutiny into 9th District election fraud
BY JIM MORRILL

MARCH 12, 2019 11:01 AM,

UPDATED MARCH 12, 2019 05:22 PM

The U.S. Justice Department has opened a second front in a criminal investigation of alleged election fraud in North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District.

The department’s Public Integrity Section, which prosecutes political corruption cases, has issued grand jury subpoenas to Republican Mark Harris and other parties in the case.

The Justice investigation comes on top of a state probe by Wake County prosecutors that already has resulted in five arrests. It would widen the scope to include federal crimes.

Both Harris and his campaign were subpoenaed to present documents to a federal grand jury next month, according to Harris’s attorney, David Freedman. So was the State Board of Elections, a spokesman confirmed.

Much more including video at the link.

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/article227450549.html

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If a Woman in Texas Can Be Sent to Jail for 5 Years for Illegally Voting, dlk Mar 2019 #2

littlemissmartypants

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Wed Mar 13, 2019, 07:26 AM

Mar 2019

Candidates are filing this week for a May 14 special primary.

In a statement, Kim Westbrook Strach, executive director of the elections board, said the board is compiling records in response to the grand jury subpoena.

“We support the efforts of state and federal authorities to investigate and prosecute crimes against the elections process,” Strach said. “We hope that prosecutions in these cases will help restore voters’ confidence in our elections and serve as a strong deterrent to future elections fraud.”

Five people including Dowless have been arrested on state charges related to the absentee-ballot scheme. Dowless, 63, faces three felony charges of obstruction of justice, two charges of conspiracy to commit obstruction of justice and two charges of possession of absentee ballot.

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/article227450549.html

dlk

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2. If a Woman in Texas Can Be Sent to Jail for 5 Years for Illegally Voting,

Reply to littlemissmartypants (Original post)

Wed Mar 13, 2019, 07:30 AM

Mar 2019

Surely, those involved in the NC election fraud scheme should see significant prison time for conspiring to steal an entire election.

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