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A conservative group that claimed to uncover a ballot stuffing scheme in Georgia has told a judge it has no evidence to back up its allegations.

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[–] athos77@kbin.social 60 points 8 months ago (6 children)

Texas-based True the Vote filed complaints [...] including one in which it said it had obtained “a detailed account of coordinated efforts to collect and deposit ballots in drop boxes across metro Atlanta” [...] When pressed to provide names of sources and other documentation, the group last year tried to withdraw its complaint. [When that was denied] attorneys for True the Vote said the group had no names or other documentary evidence to share.

So they fucking lied, tried to wriggle out of it when they were called out, and now they've admitted they have nothing? Fuckers need to be in prison, be permanently banned from anything to do with elections and politics, and have their own right to vote revoked.

[–] Arghblarg@lemmy.ca 21 points 8 months ago

Isn't there a term for what they're doing, wasting the court's time? And a penalty for it? I think it's called 'Barratry'.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barratry

[–] 2fat4that@kbin.social 15 points 8 months ago

No one ever leaves the right wing because that would mean coming to terms with having been an absolute piece of shit but new idiots join every day thanks to bullshit accusations like this one.

The propaganda did its job now onto the next completely unfounded zero-risk accusation.

[–] perviouslyiner@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Are they still lying?

"One of its attorneys wrote that a complete response would require True the Vote to identify people to whom it had promised confidentiality"

[–] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 4 points 8 months ago

Yeah.

In addition to names, the judge ordered True the Vote to provide copies of any confidentiality agreements it had with sources.

The group’s attorneys replied: “TTV has no such documents in its possession, custody, or control.”

[–] Illuminostro@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago

Bannon and Stone were on their way to prison. Guess who pardoned them?

[–] mods_are_assholes@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

If we lived in a sane country, 40% of republicunt politicians would be in prison right now.