Bladen County political operative faces perjury, obstruction charges in ballot fraud case
Source: Raleigh News & Observer
POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
Bladen County political operative faces perjury, obstruction charges in ballot fraud case
BY CARLI BROSSEAU
JULY 30, 2019 04:24 PM, UPDATED 23 MINUTES AGO
A Republican political operative who worked for one-time congressional candidate Mark Harris in Bladen County faces felony charges in connection with the 2018 general election, an indictment revealed Tuesday by the Wake County district attorney shows.
Leslie McCrae Dowless was charged with two counts of felony obstruction of justice, perjury, solicitation to commit perjury, conspiracy to obstruct justice and possession of absentee ballot, the document showed.
Dowless was previously indicted on charges related to an absentee ballot harvesting operation he ran in Bladen County in 2016 and during the 2018 primary. His earlier charges include three counts of felonious obstruction of justice, two counts of conspiracy to commit obstruction of justice and two counts of possession of absentee ballot.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
Read more: https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article233308957.html
Dave Weigel Retweeted
https://twitter.com/daveweigel
Dowless is the North Carolina Republican operative who orchestrated election fraud to disenfranchise voters & help elect GOP congressional candidate Mark Harris in a 2018 #NC09 election, which was invalidated #NCpol
Link to tweet
BREAKING: McCrae Dowless indicted on charges of Felony obstruction of justice (2 counts); perjury; solicitation to commit perjury; conspiracy to obstruct justice and possession of absentee ballot. #NC09 #ncpol @wsoctv
Link to tweet
-- -- -- --
McCrae Dowless indicted on more charges in election fraud investigation
Updated: Jul 30, 2019 - 4:29 PM
https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/mccrae-dowless-indicted-on-more-charges-in-election-fraud-investigation/971291045
= new reply since forum marked as read
