FILE – In this Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020 photo, Cobb County Election officials prepare for a recount, in Marietta, Ga. A conservative group that claimed to uncover a ballot trafficking scheme in Georgia has told a judge it has no evidence to back up its allegations. Texas-based group True the Vote in complaint filed with Georgia’s secretary of state said it had spoken to several people with knowledge of coordinated efforts to collect and deposit ballots in drop boxes during 2020 and 2021 elections. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
ShareSAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A conservative group has told a Georgia judge that it doesn’t have evidence to support its claims of illegal ballot stuffing during the the 2020 general election and a runoff two months later.
Texas-based True the Vote filed complaints with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in 2021, including one in which it said it had obtained “a detailed account of coordinated efforts to collect and deposit ballots in drop boxes across metro Atlanta” during the November 2020 election and a January 2021 runoff.
A Fulton County Superior Court judge in Atlanta signed an order last year requiring True the Vote to provide evidence it had collected, including the names of people who were sources of information, to state elections officials who were frustrated by the group’s refusal to share evidence with investigators.
In their written response, attorneys for True the Vote said the group had no names or other documentary evidence to share.
“Once again, True the Vote has proven itself untrustworthy and unable to provide a shred of evidence for a single one of their fairy-tale allegations,” Raffensperger spokesman Mike Hassinger said Wednesday. “Like all the lies about Georgia’s 2020 election, their fabricated claims of ballot harvesting have been repeatedly debunked.”
True the Vote’s assertions were relied upon heavily for “2000 Mules,” a widely debunked film by conservative pundit and filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza. A State Election Board investigation found that surveillance camera footage that the film claimed showed ballot stuffing actually showed people submitting ballots for themselves and family members who lived with them, which is allowed under Georgia law.
The election board subpoenaed True the Vote to provide evidence that would assist it in investigating the group’s ballot trafficking allegations.
True the Vote’s complaint said its investigators “spoke with several individuals regarding personal knowledge, methods, and organizations involved in ballot trafficking in Georgia.” It said one person, referred to in the complaint only as John Doe, “admitted to personally participating and provided specific information about the ballot trafficking process.”
Frustrated by the group’s refusal to share evidence, Georgia officials took it to court last year. A judge ordered True the Vote to turn over names and contact information for anyone who had provided information, as well as any recordings, transcripts, witness statements or other documents supporting its allegations.
The group came up empty-handed despite having “made every additional reasonable effort to locate responsive items,” its attorneys David Oles and Michael Wynne wrote in a Dec. 11 legal filing first reported Wednesday by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
True the Vote’s founder and president, Catherine Engelbrecht, didn’t immediately respond to an Associated Press email seeking comment Wednesday. She and another member of the group were briefly jailed in 2022 for contempt for not complying with a court order to provide information in a defamation lawsuit. The suit accused True the Vote of falsely claiming that an election software provider stored the personal information of U.S. election workers on an unsecured server in China.
Prior to the State Election Board’s investigation, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation looked into True the Vote’s assertion that it was able to use surveillance video and geospatial mobile device information to support its allegations. In a September 2021 letter, Vic Reynolds, who was then the GBI’s director, said the evidence produced did not amount to proof of ballot harvesting.
State elections officials opened their own investigation after receiving True the Vote’s complaint two months later. When pressed to provide names of sources and other documentation, the group last year tried to withdraw its complaint. One of its attorneys wrote that a complete response would require True the Vote to identify people to whom it had promised confidentiality.
The State Election Board refused to shelve the complaint and went to court to force True the Vote to turn over information.
In addition to names, the judge ordered True the Vote to provide copies of any confidentiality agreements it had with sources.
The group’s attorneys replied: “TTV has no such documents in its possession, custody, or control.”
Category: Crime
Police investigating after 2 men seen on camera urinating on pride flag, saying anti-gay slurs
Once places of higher learning were about gaining knowledge, acceptance, and tolerance, learning to live with other young adults. Widening one’s horizons. But that was before red state legislators tried to force hate into the schools at all levels, including higher education. White fundamental Christian white supremacists are pushing for more open intense deeper racism and no tolerance for anyone not straight cis and regressive right wing. Hugs. Scottie
Columbus police are looking into the incident as a hate crime, in which one of the men can be seen urinating on an LGBTQ+ pride flag in front of a home.COLUMBUS, Ohio — Columbus police are looking into a hate crime that happened last week near The Ohio State University’s campus last Thursday. Two men were caught on camera saying homophobic slurs and vandalizing a pride flag in front of a home in the Weinland Park area of Columbus.
“It was shocking but not surprising,” Sarah, who lives at the home, said.
Surveillance video from the home’s front porch showed the two men approaching the front door. One of them pulled down his pants and started urinating on the LGBTQ+ pride flag on display on the porch. The other man appears to be taking a video of his friend with his phone. 10TV blurred the faces of the men in the video because they have not been criminally charged.
“There’s honestly been a whole range of emotions, there’s been some fear, some anger,” Raven, who also lives at the home, said.
The man wearing blue can then be heard yelling homophobic slurs as his friend laughs.
He then banged on the doors before taking off running.
“I decided to post something online and the police found us,” Zoe, who lives at the home, said.Columbus police officers arrived at their home within a couple of hours of posting the video online on Sunday. An LGBTQ+ liaison who specifically handles hate crimes joined the officers,
Zoe, a mother of two, said she shared the video to set an example for her kids, who are both trans.
“I’ve got a 12-year-old and a 14-year-old and we’ve had the gamut of school experiences… This isn’t something that they should expect as normalized in their life,” Zoe said.This incident is also taking a toll on their family.
“Honestly, I’ve been a little more anxious, I’ve been checking the camera feeds, I’ve been looking outside more I’ve been more cautious,” Raven said.
“We all fear that this might just be the start of things and it could get worse,” Sarah said.They hope that sharing their story spreads awareness about the threats they often face from the people in the community.
“None of us are looking to ruin these kids’ lives,” Sarah said.This family said they simply hope it can become a lesson learned.
“Not just that what they did was wrong but why it was wrong and how much it genuinely hurts people,” Sarah said.They added this incident won’t stop them from keeping their pride on full display, for themselves, their kids, and their community.
“We’re not looking for trouble, we’re not looking for a fight, but we are looking to uplift our community and be a safe space for our community,” Kieve, who lives at the home, added.Police have not said if they have identified the people in the video, but they said they are investigating the incident as a hate crime.
In the video interview, the homeowners say the police came to them after they posted the video themselves on social media. Maybe one of our sleuths can find that original UNBLURRED video?
The news report said they posted it to Reddit I checked the post is easy to find. The videos are blurred only on the crotch. This photo was posted of the two men.
Under The Cover Of The Super Bowl, Bombs Fell On Rafah
Israel Commits Mass Atrocity During Super Bowl
Some more Majority Report clips
Let’s talk about Egypt withdrawing from a peace treaty with Israel….
New Footage Shows Capitol Rioter Firing Gun, Same Rioter Was Later Arrested For 2021 Utah Fatal Stabbing
NBC News reports:
Newly unearthed footage from Jan. 6, 2021, appears to show a rioter — a man identified in an NBC News story nearly two years ago — firing a gun into the air outside the Capitol during the attack. Online sleuths who have aided in hundreds of Jan. 6 prosecutions say he is the same man they identified to the FBI who is currently individual No. 200 on the bureau’s Capitol Violence page, which he first appeared on three years ago.
Videos and photographs from the Capitol on Jan. 6 showed him with what appears to be a gun in his waistband. That man, John Emanuel Banuelos, told Salt Lake City police that he was at the Capitol and had been captured on film with a gun. Banuelos has not been arrested or charged in connection with Jan. 6; the Salt Lake City police had arrested him in connection with the fatal stabbing of 19-year-old Christopher Thomas Senn in a park on July 4, 2021.
Read the full article.
As the piece points out, the cult continues to claim that no guns were present during the Capitol riot even though multiple rioters have been convicted on gun charges.
Of note, the new video only came to light because former West Virginia state Rep. Derrick Evans, a convicted rioter who is now running for Congress, used it in a campaign ad. Snork! Evans is now claiming that the rioter with the gun is a fed. Because of course.
does that mean Vlad’s propagandist was lying to us?
Tucker Carlson: “Not a single person in the crowd on January 6 was found to be carrying a firearm. Not one.”
He’s Vlad’s propagandist, so the only possible answer is “Of course he was lying.”
Yes, he was already willfully lying then, several firearms were found early on.
Of course. All right-wingers lie whenever they think they can get away with it.
The ones with some power don’t even care if their lies are obvious because their base loves what they’re saying and don’t care much for truth.
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