Discussion: Judge Orders Independent Off Congressional Ballot In Signature Forgeries Case

It’s not merely the wrongdoing that appalls me anymore. It’s just the sheer arrogance.

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I’m not really following the argument of Brown’s lawyer here: “Yeah, the signatures were forged and without them my client doesn’t have the required number of signatures, but we’re going to appeal.” #MAGA!

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I’m guessing the argument is that they should throw out only the provable forgeries, which might still leave enough signatures to clear the bar. What the judge has done (rightly, I think) is invoke a species of the “fruit of the poisonous tree” argument, and has thrown out all of the petition signatures collected by Taylor’s madcap minions. Very reasonable - the signature collectors have been shown to be fraudsters, so we can’t trust that any of the signatures they collected are legit.

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Was Kris K. Kobach present in the court?
He has a dream of finding voter fraud.

Ed Note: I really don’t know Mr. Kobach’s middle initial.

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So, when do the criminal trials for these goobers begin?

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Miss Guillot appears to have a s#it eating grin in the photo.

Possibly merely cha-grin at being caught?

Na.

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Haven’t done my research, but I do so hope this is a felony.

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I see what you did there. It was awful.
But I loved it! :smile:

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I would think it’d be a felony.

Also, thanks for catching the spelling error. I am on my phone, and it does not always cooperate.

Well, just be thankful it didn’t auto-correct “thees” into “smegma.”

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It was all Ferris Bueller…
Kobach??? Kobach?? …Kobach?

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Ms. Brown needs to shut up and be drummed out of the party.

She is a collaborator with Rethuglican evil.

I hope her retrial puts her ass in jail.

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“The aim of the alleged forgery scheme appeared to be splitting the Democratic vote between Brown, the Democrats’ 2016 congressional nominee, and Elaine Luria, the Democrats’ 2018 nominee. Separately, Brown is currently awaiting a retrial over charges that she defrauded the federal government while running a program to feed the hungry.”

She seems nice.

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If the Democrats were “just like the Republicans,” there would be loud cries in her defense and claims that she’s being railroaded. There would also be some unspoken admiration for someone who was taking money from the government instead of having it thrown away on people who are simply living in a state of abject moochery (credit to TGOET for that deathless phrase).

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I think the congressman is a flight risk. He should be held as a material witness.

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The Jill Stein of VA-02

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You captured the essence.

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Now, Scott Taylor needs to be investigated. Did he pay his staff to collect signatures, was he aware that there were many illegal ones?
Really hoping this helps to draw more voters to Elaine Luria. The rural area of this district has more and more yard signs for Luria, I see none for Scott so far.

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