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Related: About this forumTrump supporters paid former Texas police captain over $200k for help in stealing the election: repo
This asshole was paid by Steve Hotze who is a major league asshole and vote suppressor. Hotze was the asshole who sued on the drive through voting in Harris County
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A former police captain was reportedly paid more than $200,000 to "hunt ballots" for a far-right group to help aid former president Donald J. Trump in securing the 2020 election.
New documents reveal that the pro-Trump fringe group Liberty Center for God and Country (LCGC), "led a lucrative fundraising blitz in the run-up to the election and quietly networked with now-notorious election denialists. Their work came to light in October of that year when former Houston Police captain Mark Aguirre, 63, allegedly rammed his SUV into a mans truck, forced the man onto the ground at gunpoint, and accused him of transporting 750,000 fraudulent ballots," The Daily Beast reported. The driver of the truck was "an innocent air conditioner technician" named David Lopez-Zuniga.
Aguirre was indicted this week for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
Aguirre never told police that he had been paid a total of $266,400 by the Houston-based Liberty Center for God and Country, with $211,400 of that amount being deposited into his account the day after the incident.
New documents reveal that the pro-Trump fringe group Liberty Center for God and Country (LCGC), "led a lucrative fundraising blitz in the run-up to the election and quietly networked with now-notorious election denialists. Their work came to light in October of that year when former Houston Police captain Mark Aguirre, 63, allegedly rammed his SUV into a mans truck, forced the man onto the ground at gunpoint, and accused him of transporting 750,000 fraudulent ballots," The Daily Beast reported. The driver of the truck was "an innocent air conditioner technician" named David Lopez-Zuniga.
Aguirre was indicted this week for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
Aguirre never told police that he had been paid a total of $266,400 by the Houston-based Liberty Center for God and Country, with $211,400 of that amount being deposited into his account the day after the incident.
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Trump supporters paid former Texas police captain over $200k for help in stealing the election: repo (Original Post)
LetMyPeopleVote
Dec 2021
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LetMyPeopleVote
(145,298 posts)1. Pro-Trump Group Invented Voter Fraud Claims Months Before Election
Hotze is behind these efforts.
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A well-funded far-right groupthat made inroads with Stop The Steal organizations, paid a former police captain more than $200,000 to hunt ballots, and became entangled in a roadside stickupwas making war plans for Election Day 2020 months ahead of time, documents reveal.
The fringe group, the Liberty Center for God and Country (LCGC), led a lucrative fundraising blitz in the run-up to the election and quietly networked with now-notorious election denialists. Their work came to light in October of that year when former Houston Police captain Mark Aguirre allegedly rammed his SUV into a mans truck, forced the man onto the ground at gunpoint, and accused him of transporting 750,000 fraudulent ballots. Aguirres claims were baselesshis victim was an innocent air conditioner technicianand no widespread voter fraud has been found in the 2020 election. Aguirre was indicted this week for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon......
Aguirres description of himself as a retired police captain (hed actually been fired for a disastrous raid) was the least of the fundraisers lies. Although the fundraiser shed little light on Aguirres team, the fundraiser was launched one day after Aguirre signed an affidavit in a lawsuit accusing Houston-area Democrats of widespread voter fraud.
The lawsuit, filed by Republican activist Steven Hotze, accused Texas Democrats of a plot to defraud voters, in part by offering early voting and more voting locations. Some of its claims rested on supposed evidence collected by Aguirre and a former FBI agent who, like Aguirre, later became a private investigator.
Based on interviews, review of documents, and other information, I have identified the individuals in charge of the ballot harvesting scheme, Aguirre wrote.
The fringe group, the Liberty Center for God and Country (LCGC), led a lucrative fundraising blitz in the run-up to the election and quietly networked with now-notorious election denialists. Their work came to light in October of that year when former Houston Police captain Mark Aguirre allegedly rammed his SUV into a mans truck, forced the man onto the ground at gunpoint, and accused him of transporting 750,000 fraudulent ballots. Aguirres claims were baselesshis victim was an innocent air conditioner technicianand no widespread voter fraud has been found in the 2020 election. Aguirre was indicted this week for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon......
Aguirres description of himself as a retired police captain (hed actually been fired for a disastrous raid) was the least of the fundraisers lies. Although the fundraiser shed little light on Aguirres team, the fundraiser was launched one day after Aguirre signed an affidavit in a lawsuit accusing Houston-area Democrats of widespread voter fraud.
The lawsuit, filed by Republican activist Steven Hotze, accused Texas Democrats of a plot to defraud voters, in part by offering early voting and more voting locations. Some of its claims rested on supposed evidence collected by Aguirre and a former FBI agent who, like Aguirre, later became a private investigator.
Based on interviews, review of documents, and other information, I have identified the individuals in charge of the ballot harvesting scheme, Aguirre wrote.
Lovie777
(12,276 posts)2. So the actual voter fraud, cheat and steal is the GQP . . ...
doing and yet they have no shame in gerrymandering, voter suppression, voter intimidation and threating voter officals.