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A Pennsylvania postal worker who garnered Republican attention over allegations that officials tampered with mail-in ballots in the swing state has recanted his claims.
The House Oversight Committee announced Tuesday that Richard Hopkins went back on his assertion that a postmaster in Erie, Pa., told workers to backdate ballots mailed after Election Day after he was questioned by a U.S. Postal Service inspector general. Hopkins had signed a sworn affidavit attesting to his claims.
Hopkinss claims had been widely touted by Republicans and were at the heart of a letter from Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) to the Justice Department urging it to open a federal probe. Attorney General William Barr, in a controversial move, subsequently gave the green light for prosecutors to investigate credible allegations of voting irregularities and fraud.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/525417-pennsylvania-postal-worker-recants-ballot-tampering-allegations-officials
I hope they arrest him and make a large public spectacle of his fabrication.
Blue Owl
(49,902 posts)soothsayer
(38,601 posts)Ha! Twitter labeled it
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Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
A brave patriot. More & more people are stepping forward to expose this Rigged Election!
This claim about election fraud is disputed
James O'Keefe
@JamesOKeefeIII
USPS Whistleblower Richard Hopkins: I DID NOT RECANT
@shawnboburg and @jacobbogage have been played by the same federal agents on the audio coercing, scaring the whistleblower to water down allegations. As reporters, they are REQUIRED to include Richards denial. REQUIRED
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This claim about election fraud is disputed
9:15 PM · Nov 10, 2020
Liberal In Texas
(13,453 posts)that can't be explained.
He also may have a get out of (federal) jail free card.
Happy Hoosier
(7,070 posts)dware
(12,092 posts)Happy Hoosier
(7,070 posts)Gofundme has frozen the account... no new donations, no withdrawals.
dware
(12,092 posts)Cicada
(4,533 posts)dware
(12,092 posts)was recorded and will be released soon.
Liberal In Texas
(13,453 posts)They can't find anything that's credible.
Happy Hoosier
(7,070 posts)Also ordered to do so. None of them have come forward. The kicker? The number of ballots processed through that facility that wre marked Nov 3, but arrived after Nov 3? Less than 10 (have to find the source for that again).