Organizer of election-fraud 'audit' in Wisconsin was once convicted of felony fraud himself

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One of the volunteers who's leading a so-called audit of Wisconsin's ballots from the 2020 presidential election was previously convicted of bank fraud and mail fraud.

Organizer of election-fraud 'audit' in Wisconsin was once convicted of felony fraud himself: report
One of the volunteers who's leading a so-called audit of Wisconsin's ballots from the 2020 presidential election was previously convicted of bank fraud and mail fraud. Peter Bernegger was sentenced...
rawstory.com
1:00 PM · Jul 12, 2021

https://www.rawstory.com/man-behind-audit-of-wisconsin-ballots-was-convicted-of-fraud/

One of the volunteers who's leading a so-called audit of Wisconsin's ballots from the 2020 presidential election was previously convicted of bank fraud and mail fraud.

Peter Bernegger was sentenced to 70 months in prison and ordered to pay $2.1 million in restitution in 2009, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reported Monday. The charges "stem from his involvement in getting people to invest in two start-up companies, including one that purported to make gelatin from catfish waste.

"That company never made any sales, but Bernegger told investors business was going well, according to court documents," the newspaper reported. "When someone asked him why he didn't tell investors the truth, he responded, 'They can't handle the truth,' an appeals court noted when it upheld his conviction."

Before launching his own citizens' review of Wisconsin's 2020 ballots earlier this month, Bernegger claimed in an online editorial that the state's vote-counting system was "ripe for election rigging and fraud."

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[lagomorph777]

1. Low-level volunteer, or high-level leader?

The article is very ambiguous on this. Either way, this is hardly a surprise. The entire operation clearly had fraudulent intent from day one.

[Sogo]

2. It takes one to know one?

Sheesh....SMH...

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

3. How much money is he going to bilk taxpayers for with this con?

Other than the fact that all the voting machines will be have to be replaced -- at the cost of $30 million-- and the scam is being run by one Republican legislator, what can possibly go wrong?

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

4. A liar and fraud working for a liar and a fraud.