Cyber Ninja Fraudit report

[gab13by13]

Well I see the Cyber Ninja fraudit report is coming out this Monday. The Ninjas are fighting to keep everything they did a secret and how they did it. It is going to the state supreme court.

What should we have expected? Our DOJ allowed this to happen because it only wrote a stern letter to the Ninjas, and stern letters and subpoenas don't count with the GQP.

Laugh at this report at your peril, for one thing it will occupy news space, for another it will invigorate the cult.

I just don't get it DOJ. Title 52 - Voting and Elections - Subtitle I and II is where federal election laws were violated. Ballots, voting systems, and other election materials were no longer in the custody of election officials.

Kristen Clarke is a wonderful choice to head the civil rights division of DOJ, I expected her to act. Maybe I missed something?

People who dismiss this as a sham are missing my point, why did DOJ allow this sham to happen?

[Lovie777]

1. They can't prove fraud . . .

if they try I'm pretty sure it will be debunked and the people conducted the sham audit will have to answer to it in court.

Nevertheless, RWer's goal again is to soil doubt and mistrust. They always will be penned as liars and anti-Democracy.

And the rate GOP's politicians are going with COVID - they sure are cutting their cult membership bigly.

[gab13by13]

2. Not the point of my post.

[lagomorph777]

8. "Ballots, voting systems, and other election materials were no longer in the custody"

That fact is not in dispute, and is a violation in and of itself.

[CrispyQ]

3. Someone will be along, soon, to tell you,

the DOJ is working hard in the background on things you have no clue about, so shut up. I'm not saying that. I totally agree with you—where the fuck is the DOJ on this?

[lagomorph777]

9. Garland (from any visible appearance) is a major disappointment so far.

Time to bring in somebody more aggressive.

[CrispyQ]

10. We have some bulldogs in our party but we keep them on a short leash.

And Franken? We kicked that dog to the curb.

[lagomorph777]

11. Mustn't wet any powder or ruffle any feathers.

Can't be too aggressive in defending democracy; after all, decorum and collegiality and the Filibuster are more important.

[CrispyQ]

4. No one can demoralize the democratic base better than democrats. -nt

[Whiskeytide]

5. The DOJ going after this idiocy would ...

… only give it more airtime and still invigorate the mob “ ‘cuz the deep state” or something.

We should not ignore it politically, and we should attack the bullshit voting rights legislation passed under its banner. But prosecuting these keystone ninjas would be likely backfire and be unwise.

[lagomorph777]

12. Mustn't punish the perps; it'll only upset people.

Same line of reasoning that allowed the progression of escalating crimes from Watergate to Iran Contra to the Iraq/Afghanistan wars to baby jails to open insurrection.

[ScratchCat]

13. THey haven't done anything illegal

They have not violated any Federal Statute.

For christ's sake, two Florida newspapers recounted the 2000 election under a different standard, got different numbers and nobody gave a sh!t or claimed they committed a federal crime by doing so.

[lagomorph777]

14. You forgot the sarcasm emoji.

Handing over the ballots to a private entity is a violation of Federal law. But you knew that already.

[ScratchCat]

15. No its not

No federal complaint has been made by anybody in Maricopa County or The State of Arizona.

[Whiskeytide]

16. What crime, exactly, would you have these ...

… cyber ninjas prosecuted for? What should the DOJ go after them for? They are sanctioned by the AZ Republican legislature to conduct an audit. The fact that they have done it incompetently and with a clear bias doesn’t amount to a crime.

It’s stupid. We all know they’re full of shit. We all know it’s really a grift to keep $ rolling in from the base. And we all know it’s true purpose is to claim a bogus foundation for oppressive voter suppression laws in AZ and elsewhere. But it’s not a crime to my knowledge. The DOJ shouldn’t get involved in politically charged prosecutions unless they have a high probability of getting a conviction. I just don’t see that here.

[C_U_L8R]

6. Let me know when they go to jail

For election tampering.

[vsrazdem]

7. The Maricopa County Supervisors already told them to be prepared to

defend their findings in court, so this could get interesting.