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Right-wing U.S. sheriffs vow to probe 2020 voter-fraud claims
Reuters ^ | July 20, 2022 | Peter Eisler and Nathan Layne

Posted on 07/20/2022 4:57:19 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?

(Reuters) - A coalition of rightwing “constitutional sheriffs,” who claim legal power in their jurisdictions that exceeds U.S. federal and state authorities, has a new calling: investigating conspiracy theories that the 2020 election was rigged against former President Donald Trump.

The Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association has teamed with True the Vote, a Texas nonprofit and purveyor of debunked voter-fraud claims, to recruit like-minded sheriffs nationwide to investigate 2020 stolen-election allegations and to more aggressively police future voting.

The partnership, detailed last week at the association’s annual gathering in Las Vegas, aims to intensify a movement already underway. At least four ideologically aligned county sheriffs in Michigan, Wisconsin, Kansas and Arizona have launched election-fraud probes since the 2020 vote. None has established evidence of systemic fraud.

“This is our top priority. It’s our duty,” Richard Mack, founder of the constitutional sheriffs organization, told Reuters in an interview at the Las Vegas meeting. Mack also touted the True the Vote partnership later in the week at FreedomFest, a national gathering of libertarian-leaning thinkers and political figures, where he urged that sheriffs “join us in this holy cause.”

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2020; election; fraud; trump
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debunked voter-fraud claims,

None has established evidence of systemic fraud.

partisan investigations by sheriffs into baseless voter-fraud claims

Trump supporters have alleged, without evidence, that drop boxes enabled the mass collection of fraudulent votes

fact-checkers, have in fact dismissed the movie as misleading and its evidence as flimsy.

No bias in this article.

1 posted on 07/20/2022 4:57:19 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

You should have put in brackets “D” beside the names of the authors.


2 posted on 07/20/2022 4:58:29 AM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966 )
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

I make a habit of stopping at “right wing”, “debunked voter fraud claims” and “investigating conspiracy theories that the 2020 election was rigged”


3 posted on 07/20/2022 5:00:14 AM PDT by albie
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Haha! Did “Rooters” ever once call the Trump-Russia hoax a conspiracy theory?


4 posted on 07/20/2022 5:00:34 AM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (When your business model depends on slave labor, you're always going to need more slaves)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

It’s the fear these folks have of any investigation that is their big tell.

If they’re right that the election was fair, why would they care if anyone looks into it?


5 posted on 07/20/2022 5:00:52 AM PDT by Magnatron
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Dear Reuters, just so you know, the US Constitution grants the Federal Government exactly ZERO law enforcement powers in the “Several States”...


6 posted on 07/20/2022 5:01:37 AM PDT by JJBookman (...but they do it anyway. )
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

The sheriffs will be able to call a news conference and announce “yes, it happened again”


7 posted on 07/20/2022 5:01:41 AM PDT by bert ( (KWE. NP. N.C. +12) Juneteenth is inequality day)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Left-wing sheriffs vow to not investigate voter fraud.


8 posted on 07/20/2022 5:02:14 AM PDT by HYPOCRACY (This is the dystopian future we've been waiting for!)
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Right-wing U.S. sheriffs vow to probe 2020 voter-fraud claims

"The trust in media, in newspapers and television, is hitting an all time low. People don't trust us. They don't believe us, and it makes me wonder if this job —as I'm currently doing it— is effective, but if it's doing more harm than good."

— Katy Tur

They still don’t get it…

9 posted on 07/20/2022 5:05:46 AM PDT by Magnatron
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To: OttawaFreeper

It’s too late, unless you have serious plans to punish what happened, and the ability to ignore wackamolee paid liar judges who want to stop you.


10 posted on 07/20/2022 5:06:44 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: Sgt_Schultze
Haha! Did “Rooters” ever once call the Trump-Russia hoax a conspiracy theory?

Not only are they never going to admit it, but the other mockingbirds who pushed the fake news get to keep their pukelitzer prices because they determined that, even though the reporting was bogus, it just felt right, and is therefore was justified. Journalistic integrity for you.

11 posted on 07/20/2022 5:10:49 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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Why yes it’s perfectly normal to stop counting simultaneously for hours in the three most crucial swing states while Trump was pounding Biden


12 posted on 07/20/2022 5:31:01 AM PDT by A_Former_Democrat ( Liberty Valance Time. The point of a gun is the only law the left understands)
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"Election officials are raising concerns that partisan investigations by sheriffs into baseless voter-fraud claims could undermine public confidence in elections."

It's certainly interesting that these Ultra Left partisan reporters are so worried about such so-called 'baseless' claims. If the claims are so 'baseless' why are they concerned?

13 posted on 07/20/2022 5:40:47 AM PDT by norwaypinesavage (Capitalism is what happens when you leave people alone.)
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“constitutional sheriffs,”

pity the counties that elect "the other kind"

14 posted on 07/20/2022 5:45:23 AM PDT by goo goo g'joob
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A coalition of rightwing “constitutional sheriffs,” who claim legal power in their jurisdictions

The hatred practically drips off the page.

15 posted on 07/20/2022 5:57:14 AM PDT by libertylover (Democrats are as determined to kill innocent people as the Nazis.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Fact checkers and voter fraud debunkers who were the barking moonbats who believed 9/11 was an inside job. Michael two dinners Moore won awards and accolades for his riveting documentary Fahrenheit 9121 And how many of them believe the Moon landing was hoax? Contrary to popular belief that’s been around since before Alex Jonesr was even thought of.


16 posted on 07/20/2022 6:00:20 AM PDT by Impala64ssa (If a liar's pants really did catch on fire CBC, ABC, CNN and MSNBC would be more fun to watch)
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To: lee martell
It’s too late, unless you have serious plans to punish what happened, and the ability to ignore wackamolee paid liar judges who want to stop you.

Well, the outcome will not be overturned. But, the more people who know the election was, to say the very least, fishy, the better.

17 posted on 07/20/2022 6:01:45 AM PDT by libertylover (Democrats are as determined to kill innocent people as the Nazis.)
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To: libertylover

Yup,
It drips the
Blood of Patriots.


18 posted on 07/20/2022 6:02:00 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (We Are JONAH)
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To: norwaypinesavage

AND...who has “confidence” in elections these days anyway?


19 posted on 07/20/2022 6:02:38 AM PDT by JoJo354 (Pray for our nation! It needs it!)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

“A coalition of rightwing “constitutional sheriffs,”

F’n Reuters.


20 posted on 07/20/2022 6:19:19 AM PDT by iamgalt
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