Cleta Mitchell ‘Praying’ DOJ Seizes Georgia Ballots in Probe of Debunked 2020 Election Claims
“Harmeet Dhillon has served notice she is coming for the Fulton County ballots,” Mitchell posted on X Thursday. “Praying it happens today.”
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“Harmeet Dhillon has served notice she is coming for the Fulton County ballots,” Mitchell posted on X Thursday. “Praying it happens today.”
Eric Neff also promoted baseless fears about Dominion voting machines, seizing on a common conspiracy theory among anti-voting activists.
“The DOJ can take a hike; it does not have a legal right to the information.”
Prominent right-wing figures are calling for the military to free Tina Peters, the Colorado election-denier-turned-MAGA-folk-hero who’s currently serving a nine-year prison sentence for her role in a 2021 voting system data breach, in a failed attempt to find voter fraud.
Believe it or not, democracy persisted this year — a lot.
An avalanche of anti-voting laws could be coming to the Peach State in 2026.
“College students can just roll out of bed, vote, and get back into bed,” Cleta Mitchell said, falsely claiming that “students are going to vote 95 percent [for] one party.”
“In-person voting on Election Day should be primary,” Mitchell said at the annual Election Integrity Network fall summit.
There’s little the Trump administration can do to free Peters since she was convicted on state charges.
Trump has installed election deniers and conspiracy theorists all over his administration — from the DOJ and DHS to Voice of America.
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