Major news update on the Arizona “bogus ballot audit” and
fallout from
Business Insider with this headline:
“Trump and Giuliani
could face criminal investigation in Arizona over their attempts to overturn
election”
· Trump and his allies could face a criminal
investigation in AZ.
· AZ SOS asked the AZ AG investigate Trump allies
for violating election laws.
· AZ GOP Chairwoman and a staunch Trump backer,
Kelli Ward, told Maricopa officials “We need you to stop the counting the
votes.”
Trump and his key allies could be facing a criminal
investigation in AZ for launching a campaign to illegally overturn the results
of the 2020 presidential election.
Last week AZ Secretary of State Katie Hobbs wrote to the
state's AG Mark Brnovich to urge him to launch a criminal investigation into
Trump and his allies over the potential violations of state election laws.
Hobbs, a Democrat, made the request after reporting from The Arizona Republic revealed details of the high-pressure campaign launched by Trump and a number of his allies.
Hobbs
wrote that Trump and individuals, including his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani,
AZ GOP Chairwoman Kelli Ward, and lawyer Sidney Powell, tried to influence
Maricopa officials to stop the counting of ballots.
Specifically, Hobbs cited comments made by GOP Chair Ward
towards the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors, including: “We need you to
stop the counting. I know you don't want to be remembered as the guy who led
the charge to certify a fraudulent election.”
On Friday, AG Brnovich's office wrote to Hobbs asking for
documents related to allegations of violations of election fraud, that also according to The Arizona Republic.
Brnovich, a Republican running for the Senate, said in the email that Hobbs had not submitted referrals for double voting. That from Brnovich is the first public sign that he is examining records after the pressure campaign was revealed.
A spokeswoman for Hobbs said the secretary of
state was sending the required records to the AG on Friday (July 16).
Trump has long alleged that the results of the 2020 election
were fraudulent, particularly in AZ. However, all his claims have been widely debunked at the local, state, and Federal levels including
at the USSC and over 60 court cases.
The AP as well as NBC
News and The
Guardian all report that investigations by AZ county election officials
(all 15 counties) have found only 182 possible voter fraud cases out of the 3 million
ballots cast in the state in 2020.
Noteworthy: The 182 cases identified by the AP represent instances where problems were clear enough that officials referred them for further review.
So far, only four cases
have led to charges, including those identified in a separate state
investigation. No one has been convicted. No vote was counted twice.
More cases could emerge but the numbers illustrate the implausibility of Trump’s claims that fraud and irregularities cost him the state.
In the final, certified, and audited results, Biden won 10,400 more
votes in AZ than Trump out of the 3.4 million votes cast.
The AP findings also align with previous studies showing that
voter fraud is rare, since numerous safeguards are built into the systems to
prevent and detect it.
This from the leading expert on all voting matters, including lack of fraud claimed by Trump and others – the Brennan Center at NYU.
My 2 Cents: Hey, GOP Americans locked on Trump and his lies on top of lies, time to wake up and realize
who he is and what he is.
Here, I'll help you remember: Trump is the biggest con
man ever with the skills and finesse to keep you GOPers in line as he causes more damage
the country. All the while he blames the DEMS and everyone else, and sadly with your
help, he keeps the “Big Lie” hot and heavy. That is the dangerous part.
So, it’s time to wake up Mr.
and Mrs. Gee Old People and come to your senses and cut your ties to him and now — that would be better for us all.
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