Posted on 12/21/2020 7:20:20 AM PST by SeekAndFind
A high-ranking member of the Arizona State Senate felt the sting of rebuke when the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors challenged his two-subpoena request for a scanned ballot audit and full forensic accounting of tabulation equipment. In the ongoing efforts to ensure election integrity, the Maricopa Supervisors shot down the latest demands by state Republicans. Adding insult to injury, by a four-to-one vote, the Board issued a complaint in court challenging the efforts of Republican Sen. Eddie Farnsworth, chairman of the state Senate Judiciary Committee.
Article originally published at Liberty Nation.
Farnsworth was asking for 2.1 million ballots to be verified. A sample audit conducted in Maricopa County last month found no irregularities. Still, the insistence by some Republicans and President Trump’s supporters have prompted the lawmaker to ensure the state of Arizona is no longer under suspicion of election shenanigans:
“If we don’t find fraud? Well, heck, that goes a long way to restore confidence in our election process. And if we do find fraud, then that’s what we need to do, is to somehow identify it and then see what we can do to stop it.”
The Board had other ideas, and in passive-aggressive style, supervisor Steve Gallardo, a Democrat, retorted as if speaking to a child – and not an experienced and well-respected legislator – saying: “I am very disappointed of [sic] the subpoenas that were sent over to the county. I believe he knows better.”
On Monday, the Electoral College awarded Joe Biden the votes he needed to win the presidential election. Still, in some states, including Arizona, the GOP convened its own electors for Trump if the election was turned inside out by audits. Election law professionals say these votes are not legal, but if the results are overturned in the courts, Arizona lawmakers will petition Congress to accept the alternative slate of 11 electors. Additionally, they would nullify the electoral votes until a full forensic audit could be performed.
But the supervisors appear to be washing their hands of possible election fraud and, in fighting back, are citing privacy issues. Supervisor Bill Gates seemed incredulous of the request by the State Senate: “I feel strongly about individual private information, of individuals, of voters, and that information has been requested in these subpoenas. I’m going to fight to protect that information before we turn it over.”
Commendable, yet when all things are considered in this election, perhaps putting to bed the idea of ballot fraud in Arizona might be more critical to future confidence in elections than non-compliance with two Senate subpoenas.
There is one last step for Mr. Biden in his relocation efforts to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue: On January 6, in a joint session of Congress, the electoral votes will be counted and certified. Rest assured, there will be challenges by several House Republicans and perhaps a senator or two. And maybe additional intel on election 2020 may come to light as Republicans continue to demand answers across the country. But as history shows, House Democrats attempted to overturn election results similarly in 2001, 2005, and 2017. And we all know how that turned out.
How much of this avoidance is residual poison from McCain?
I’m not a lawyer, but if there are subpoenas, would a Marshal not serve them? Once served, they must comply or go to jail like the rest of us....right?
Why aren’t the self-important pieces of garbage in JAIL? Isn’t that what happens when you ignore a supoena?
RE: Why aren’t the self-important pieces of garbage in JAIL? Isn’t that what happens when you ignore a supoena?
I’ll answer your question with another one - what happens to you when you are charged with contempt of court? You go to jail right?
On the other hand, what happens when you are charged with contempt of Congress? Like Lois Lerner and Eric Holder ?
You get a fat pension and get to charge fat fees to speak at college commencements.
The time for subpoenas has passed. Machines need to be SEIZED.
The legislature does not command a law enforcement agency to enforce its demands.
How, and by who?
The legislature does not command any law enforcement agencies.
President Trump does not have sure control of the FBI, or any federal law enforcement.
No, it isn’t. You can refuse a subpoena - which is just a request for the information. If refused, the one asking can go to court to get an ORDER requiring compliance. But until a court issues such an order, the subpoena is just a request.
I’m not a lawyer but that is what I’ve read. Take it FWIW.
““What’s the reason you want to quash the subpoena, so these are not produced to the parties?” says Eytan. “The person can come to court and state they don’t think it’s fair that these documents are going to become part of the case for numerous reasons. They’re medical records and they’re private; they’re confidential because they’re attorney-client records; they include mental health records; they’re school records; or the request was too voluminous—it’s overwhelming and they can’t get the documents together.”
“Rule 215a. Refusal to Answer Question or Interrogatories; Consequences (1962)
TEXT
(a) Refusal to Answer. If a party or other deponent refuses to answer any question propounded upon oral examination or written interrogatories, or refuses to comply with a subpoena duces tecum after proper service thereof, the examination shall be completed on other matters. Thereafter, on reasonable notice to all persons affected thereby, either party may apply to the court in which the action is pending or to the district court in the district where the deposition is taken for an order compelling an answer, or for an order directing compliance with such subpoena duces tecum, or for an order requiring the remainder of the deposition to be taken before the judge of such court. If the motion is granted and if the court finds that the refusal was without substantial justification the court may require the refusing party or deponent to pay to the examining party the amount of the reasonable expenses incurred in obtaining the order, including reasonable attorney’s fees. If the motion is denied and if the court finds that the motion was made without substantial justification, the court may require the examining party to pay to the refusing party or witness the amount of the reasonable expenses incurred in opposing the motion, including reasonable attorney’s fees. “
http://www.stcl.edu/lib/TexasRulesProject/TRCP200-215/rule215a1962.htm
Forever.
>The legislature does not command a law enforcement agency to enforce its demands.
Unless a large well-armed group is prepared to make citizen-arrests.
No court would accept evidence obtain in such a manner.
Are any of the Democrat election officials in any state going to be charged with a crime?
The Executive Department controls the Department of Treasury, which is responsible for many law enforcement duties relating to the Presidency. The US Marshal Service is under the Executive Branch as well.
There are options...
How long?
... until each and every illegal ballot is blended into the general population of ballots making them impossible to clearly identify by statistical analysis.
... until each and every voting machine that has fraudulent programming is re-programmed or destroyed.
... when every campaign worker who has voiced concern over the counting process has been silenced by physical threats or blackmail.
Then the election admins will announce their willingness to comply.
We-The-People will very soon need to exercise citizen’s arrest of criminals, like the Maricopa County officials who are almost certainly McCain-team non-republican creatures.
This is a trick question right?
How long? As long as they need to. The rule of law is gone. The constitution is gone.
These are REPUBLICANS fighting to cover up the fraud.
The Big Steal is bipartisan.
In AZ and GA, those officials are REPUBLICANS.
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