Posted on 11/08/2020 1:38:17 AM PST by RandFan
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said that he would investigate “all credible allegations of voting irregularities and misconduct” after receiving a sworn affidavit from a Pennsylvania postal worker alleging officials devised a plan to backdate mail ballots.
The senator’s remarks came less than two hours after The Associated Press and other news outlets officially projected Joe Biden and Kamala Harris the winners in the race for White House.
President Trump has since refused to concede, repeating his claims without evidence that there have been several cases of voter fraud as part of a Democratic effort to steal the election from him.
In a press release, Graham stated that he had received a sworn affidavit from the Trump campaign provided by Richard Hopkins, a postal worker from Erie, Pa.
In the affidavit, Hopkins alleges that Erie Postmaster Robert Weisenbach told workers he was “back-dating the postmarks on the ballots to make it appear as though the ballots had been collected on November 3, 2020 despite them in fact being collected on November 4 and possibly later.”
The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the Keystone State could count mail-in ballots that are received as late as Friday of this week as long as they were postmarked on Nov. 3, Election Day.
In response, Graham wrote in the release that “it is imperative that all credible allegations of voting irregularities and misconduct be investigated to ensure the integrity of the 2020 elections.”
“The presidential election remains close in multiple states, and as Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, all credible allegations of voting irregularities and misconduct will be taken seriously,” he continued. “I will not allow credible allegations of voting irregularities or misconduct to be swept under the rug.”
The top Republican lawmaker added that he would be “calling on the Department of Justice to investigate these claims.”
“I’ll also be in contact with the Postmaster General, requesting he to look into these allegations, ones that may follow, and help secure the testimony of Mr. Hopkins,” Graham continued.
“Every American should want our election processes to work accurately, and given the recency of such a large volume of mail-in voting, that will require oversight,” Graham added. “Election outcomes are not determined by media outlets but certified, accurate vote counts.”
“Without evidence” is the most abused term this cycle.
Hahahahahahaha. What a waste of space this pos is
Does a POS smell? We all know what won’t happen.
Yep.. mountains of evidence and more coming.
They won’t be able to ignore it much longer.
Mr. Collegiality will look into it. He’s on the job! I feel better already.
He will use this too to embellish his credentials and keep him in front of tv cameras, yet will accomplish zero.
If he even gets into the White House, he’ll be gone in a year, either for incapacity or because he’s got his orders to step aside for Whorris.
Nobody believes you any longer Lyndsey.....we are all hat, no cattle.
Yeah Graham will get on it like Mr. slow motion Magoo did.
(/sarcastic reference to that Senator from Alabama that did nothing)
Free beer tomorrow!
Well, thank goodness, I feel so much better now.
Yeah, maybe he’ll bring in Jeff Sessions to put the investigation on steroids.
At the same time they are vowing to investigate voting irregularities, they are celebrating Biden’s “win”.
That should speak volumes
So Lindsey will talk and talk some more and possibly later he may talk again
Then if he’s sure we surrendered, he’ll stop talking and talk about something else.
You think Sidney and the legal team don’t have this?
She had it before you saw it’ll.
They have it. They have lots.
He will do nothing
Yep. Cruz, paul and others are oddly quit durning all this. I am greatly disappointed in these so called conservatives who arent putting up their voices in support of Trump. Shame on these dogs.
No time to do anything. By January the two Democrat senators from Georgia will be seated and everything will go away.
Riiiiiiight
Another enemy, hes full of sh## he’s greasing his rear and ready to kiss some rat a##. All a smoke screen
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