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Some Republican groups forged documents and mailed them to the National Archives to try to screw with the election. The Jan 6th committee recently received copies of those documents, adding to their vast pile of evidence.
"...the National Archives received forged certificates of ascertainment declaring [Trump] and then-Vice President Mike Pence the winners of both Michigan and Arizona and their electors after the 2020 election."
Fraud is a class 4 felony in Arizona: https://www.azleg.gov/ars/13/02002.htm
And since they were sent by mail, might as well throw in mail fraud as well.
"That group's leader, Lori Osiecki, had told the Arizona Republic in December 2020 that she decided to send in the certificates after taking part in post-election rallies and after attending a daylong meeting in Phoenix that had included Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani."
Delicious sauce: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/10/jan-6-committee-ramps-up-state-level-investigation-526752
PDF of one of the forged documents: https://www.politico.com/f/?id=0000017e-3678-d41e-afff-fe7d3d5b0000
AngryGraphicDesigner
You’d think this would have legal consequences
FragileDonkey
I'm shocked..SHOCKED I say..
MrJwinkyface
Weird how much voter fraud they actually found…all for Trump
ActionJohnnie
Mail fraud is federal. Ouch
SquireRamza
And nothing will be done with them. At all. Republicans are going to sweep the midterms and disband all this. We are FUCKED
nojustsayitdont
Seems it would be a Federal offense since it was a Federal election? Or not? Mail fraud is Federal for sure.
FaithAlone
I say this all the time, imagine if democrats did this. Heads would roll.
procrastinatingagain
Lock. Her. Up.
Philosaurus84
Right to jail gif
catsandcoke
Every accusation is an admission of guilt
DarkSock
Start putting these motherfuckers IN JAIL FOR FUCK’S SAKE
amk1031
This sounds like a federal crime, not a state level crime.
Like2Fox
I don't see anyone getting arrested and charged
MrCarpainter
Being consistently unable to punish political corruption makes a clear case for the current political system being beyond repair.
Xecryo
Oh don't forget they also tried to pose as officials to certify the vote in Arizona and they went to the wrong location. Got turned away>
Xecryo
crossingdynasty
So more evidence the GOP absolutely has evidence of voter fraud - just that it was evidence of their own voter fraud
crossingdynasty
I’m waiting for the inevitable rebuttal of “but how do we know the Democrats didn’t forge the documents that said Trump won? PSYOPS!”
PTFCMcGee
Now taking bets on whether they face consequences or not.
CosplayComet
You really wanna put MONEY on the 'will' side of the bet, there, champ...?
BlairT1
Prison. For a long time. This isn’t fucking playing around.
ImKindaDone
Forgery carries a sentence of 3-5 years in Arizona... They should get it for every count.
Sh4rKSe7eN
It’s like my ex accusing me of cheating on her when she was cheating on me all along. Goes to show how sleazy the Trump-led GOP has become.
boarwar
??????
0sometimessarah0
As a friendly northern neighbour, I'm scared for you guys. I'm not sure if you're past the point of no return... but it's getting close.
strategicrandomization
I think you're right. We keep pulling on the string, and the whole thing may just unravel and it's no one's fault but ours
TheRelevancyOfMyNameIsRelativelyIrrelevant
we are so far past the point of no return and it seems like everyone is pretending its not as bad as it is.
HisBabes
This is not new information. It was all over the news when it happened. Imgur was full of it. Did everyone forget?
strategicrandomization
Gotta keep bringing these things back ti keep us from forgetting, though there are too many to keep track by now
The701
It looks like it came to light again recently because the Jan 6th panel received proper copies of the documents. They must have thought it
The701
relevant to their investigation, probably in part because it looks to have involved Giuliani.
SwayzeS
So let me get this straight: when Republicans kept spewing off about "rigged voting", they were actually just.... confessing?
The701
Every single time.
DukePhelan
However bad we learn the 2020 elections were, future elections will be even worse. Welcome to the legal phase of fascism.
ZaphodBbx
Sounds like just the sort of thing that they should send to the Justice department.
Tassyr
Nah, they're Republicans. laws only apply to Democrats, remember?
SpamYarBlockers
They will just say it was satire
The701
Section 87.206h of Arizona law: "If one yells 'It was just a prank, bro!' then no punishment shall be administered."
Munchman347
And yet, the only people getting wrist slaps are low level, peon Rep-Cons. While the instigators waltz off to commit more fraud...
HeHeHebieJeebies
It's really amazing for how much they have eroded their governing laws how they keep getting caught up by what's left.
StarWatcher4
They expected the rest of the laws to fall faster so what they were doing would be ignored or legal.
crossingdynasty
They’d have to believe the laws actually applied to them first
TheMightyMoto
Why aren't arrest starting for this shit?
hysteriacarrot
https://abcnews.go.com/US/white-supremacists-seek-affiliation-law-enforcement-goals-internal/story?id=76309051
hysteriacarrot
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/aug/28/fbi-far-right-white-supremacists-police
Cargobiker530
"We know it's happening because we're already doing it."- Republicans.
GodsFoot
And we got rid of those who didn't and replaced them with those who would
BubblesTheFish
They're absolutely positive that the things they accuse democrats of doing are happening because there's no way it's just republicans.
TheHorseShesElbowDeepIn
It’s high time we break out the RICO lawsuits.
HeShallKnowYourWaysAsIfBornToThem
RICO is criminal, not civil.
illegalacorn
and?
buzkilljoy
for any of us voters, this would be enough to get arrested
mrthewhitee
Fuck dude, just being unsure if you are eligible got one woman jailed.
Yummybubblez
Oh no see, she was a poor person. Didn't you know if you're rich you get no prison time for actively trying to commit fraud?
FILASchwinn
Federal prison time
SumptuousMeat
Federal Pound You In The Ass, prison time.
vicvalour
This is literally treason
xj4low
Unless you are white and voted GOP.
Yummybubblez
What confuses me about the headline is we KNEW this, they literally tried to send a false slate of electors....like 3 times
robbieeeeee
Trump was president when all this happened
Myramills
Hence why I didn't vote for Hillary in 2016. If I had sent ONE of those emails I'd be in jail. Hold them accountable just like everyone else
Ironferrox
It’s why I wouldn’t vote for either I learned my lesson I’m voting democrat until we destroy both parties till then
Ironferrox
Voting democrat till republicans party is ash just to try and keep as many republicans from winning I don’t give a damn if the democrat got
Ironferrox
Caught being a pedo. Don’t mattter better than any Republican
Myramills
Wow, much have hit a nerve for all the down votes. It's literally the same story, they're not being held accountable for illegal actions
MerkinSuit
A private mail server when you aren't supposed to have one is in no way comparable to forging legal documents to attempt a coup.
Myramills
I was talking about the classified emails being sent over an unsecured, private, server. THAT'S illegal
MerkinSuit
So is jaywalking moron.
carlsagansghost
What email?
The701
The buttery ones.
Ishman2000
Sarnion
Trelis
So when Ivanka also used private email server like Hillary she also needed to go to jail?
Myramills
Im not sure, did she have access to classified information that she used that server for? It's the Classified information 1/
Myramills
Being sent over an unsecured server that's the problem. Easy to leak and hack. 10 years military intelligence.
Myramills
It's not the server that was the issue but how it was used to send classified emails/information
LoudBirb
You better not have voted for Trump either considering how much shit he did that you would've been in jail for too. Also, I hope you...
LoudBirb
Didn't vote for GW Bush, considering he "lost" 22 million emails he sent through a private GOP server.
Myramills
Technically I didn't vote at all in the 2016 election but I thought Trump could have done something, he sure did alright, horrible person
LoudBirb
You've gotta research your candidates more. 10 minutes of reading about his past would've told you exactly how much of a disaster he'd be...
LoudBirb
And a further 10 minutes of reading about his actual policy proposalss made it obvious he was in it to help only himself.