Leader of companies that pushed 'Italygate' election conspiracy theory falsely claimed $30 million..

[Nevilledog]

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Jon Swaine
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New: This GOP businesswoman’s firm was behind the “Italygate” conspiracy theory letter that Mark Meadows pushed to DOJ.

The day after the election, she sat for a TV interview in a $30m Va. mansion that she said was her home. It wasn’t. She is a realtor.

Leader of companies that pushed ‘Italygate’ election conspiracy theory falsely claimed $30 million...
Two firms led by Virginia business executive Michele Roosevelt Edwards promoted outlandish claims that an Italian defense contractor conspired with CIA officials to switch votes from Trump to Biden...
washingtonpost.com
1:04 PM · Jun 19, 2021

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/italygate-michele-edwards-meadows-trump/2021/06/19/2f6314d2-d05f-11eb-8014-2f3926ca24d9_story.html

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The Institute for Good Governance’s registered headquarters since late last year has been the historical North Wales Farm, a 22-bedroom mansion in Warrenton, Va., state records show. The property is listed for sale at just under $30 million.

On the day after the 2020 election, Edwards sat for an interview at North Wales with a television crew from Iceland, where she has business interests. Edwards told the crew that the estate was her property, according to their footage. “This is my bedroom,” she said, showing the crew around. “This is very private space.”

She was pressed on the lack of personal items in the house.

“So this is where you live?” she was asked.

When the interviewer noted that website listings showed the property for sale, Edwards said it was a “recent acquisition for us.” She said it was not for sale.

But North Wales was then — and is now — owned by a company formed by David B. Ford, a retired financier who died in September. Ford’s widow said in an interview that she did not know Edwards. The Post showed her the footage of Edwards inside the property.

“She’s in my house,” the widow said. “How is she in my house?”

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[bahboo]

1. these people's brains are broken....wtf....

[Hugh_Lebowski]

2. One would think that's against the terms of one's real estate license ...

She'll probably try to get out of trouble by claiming Jeebus insisted she do this interview and that taking her license for it violates the 1st Amendment.

[Brother Mythos]

3. That lie won't hurt her credibility with the MAGAts, and the politicians who ...

lead them one bit.

And, of course, she knows that.

[BootinUp]

4. Another con artist. Nt

[SWBTATTReg]

5. I hope that the owner of the house nails her for illegal trespass, and also she loses her real

estate license...

[tanyev]

6. Another real estate agent.

Seems like there have been several arrested for participating in the Jan. 6 insurrection. Is that another occupation that tends to lean right? Can’t say that I know any personally.

[Mr.Bill]

7. It's an occupation that tends

to leave too much spare time to get in trouble for some people.

[stillcool]

10. look at Trump...

I don't think it's the occupation that leans right, but the government one is dealing with. Zoning, parking, additions, occupancy, etc., require handshakes. It's easier to see when you're dealing with the town hall, rather than the state government.

[chowder66]

8. What a whacked out story! Man the lying grifters are everywhere. nt

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

9. Trump knows the best people