Pro-Trump group sent armed members door-to-door in Colorado to "intimidate" voters: Lawsuit

[Person of Interest]

Voting rights groups have filed a lawsuit seeking to stop a pro-Trump group from going door-to-door in Colorado in search of evidence to support voter fraud allegations that have already been debunked and rejected by courts.

The lawsuit alleges that the U.S. Election Integrity Plan — led by Shawn Smith, an ally of former Trump strategist Steve Bannon and MyPillow founder Mike Lindell — is sending armed members door-to-door in areas with large numbers of voters of color, questioning people about how they voted and taking photographs of their homes.


https://www.salon.com/2022/03/21/pro-group-sent-armed-members-door-to-door-in-colorado-to-intimidate-voters/

[Boomerproud]

1. Illegal.

[gab13by13]

7. It was also illegal

what DOJ allowed the Cyber Ninjas to do, this is one of the ramifications of DOJ doing nothing.

Someone needs to write another stern letter, the 1st one was ignored.

[brooklynite]

11. No, it wasn't.

Once the election was certified by Arizona authorities, the ballots were no longer election records to be tampered with; they were archival documents. No law violation (certainly not a Federal one) making them available to outside parties.

[gab13by13]

18. Not what DOJ stated;

The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday expressed concerns that a controversial audit and recount of the November election in Arizona's Maricopa County may be out of compliance with federal laws.

Pamela Karlan, the principal deputy assistant attorney general with the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, wrote in a letter that federal officials see two issues with the election review ordered by the Republican-led state Senate.

One issue is that ballots, voting systems and other election materials are no longer in the custody of election officials — a possible violation of federal law, which requires state and local election workers to store and safeguard federal voting records.

Title 52 U.S.C.

20701. Retention and preservation of records and papers by officers of elections; deposit with custodian; penalty for violation
Every officer of election shall retain and preserve, for a period of twenty-two months from the date of any general, special, or primary election of which candidates for the office of President, Vice President, presidential elector, Member of the Senate, Member of the House of Representatives, or Resident Commissioner from the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico are voted for, all records and papers which come into his possession relating to any application, registration, payment of poll tax, or other act requisite to voting in such election, except that, when required by law, such records and papers may be delivered to another officer of election and except that, if a State or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico designates a custodian to retain and preserve these records and papers at a specified place, then such records and papers may be deposited with such custodian, and the duty to retain and preserve any record or paper so deposited shall devolve upon such custodian. Any officer of election or custodian who willfully fails to comply with this section shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.


( Pub. L. 86–449, title III, §301, May 6, 1960, 74 Stat. 88 .)

[gab13by13]

22. They violated,

Title 52 - U.S.C. - 20701.

[KPN]

24. Oops. Posted in the wrong place.

[KPN]

25. Citation? Source?

[llashram]

2. I so wish

these type brownshirt fascist clowns come to my door. And I can't wait for August and November...

[Hotler]

3. The whole reason the fascist want TFG back is so they can punish, hurt and kill Dem's and Lib's. nt

[dchill]

4. Yes. They are drooling.

(I know, they do that anyway.)

[Me.]

5. Can't They Also File A Criminal Complaint?

[Achilleaze]

6. Republican a-holes waving their weeny-peenie substitutes in American faces

to try and kill American democracy, is a fugging lowlife crime.

Shame on them and their fugly fascist faces.

[GoodRaisin]

8. This is why it's good to have a way of seeing who is knocking on your door.

If I look out and see assholes armed with weapons I’m calling police to come.

[niyad]

10. Excellent point.

[niyad]

9. They might want to remember that rwnj's are not the only ones armed here in

Colorado. Just amoung my circle of friends and acquaintences, I know at least seven who have guns.

[gab13by13]

12. I repeat, DOJ sent a stern letter

to the Republican Senate in Arizona.

The letter asked the Senate to make sure that Cyber Ninjas weren't violating the law by allowing ballots, voter information, and election materials and equipment to be out of the possession of election officials.

The letter also "asked" the Senate to check to see that canvassers going door to door were not intimidating voters.

Here, read the stern letter that permitted all of these fraudits and door to door intimidation.

https://www.npr.org/2021/05/06/994246426/justice-department-shares-concerns-with-arizona-senate-audit-recount

What the Cyber Ninjas did was not just a violation of state law, it also violated federal law.

[Ray Bruns]

13. Maybe Susan Collins can send them a concerned worded letter.

[AZLD4Candidate]

17. And the media can play bothsiderism

[KS Toronado]

14. They trying to intimidate voters ?

[AZLD4Candidate]

15. That's what the Stormtroopers (the SA) was for at the beginning

And why are people still wondering how and why the Nazis came to power

[BGBD]

16. Try it

But better be very careful in those stand your ground or make my day states
Colorado has a make my day law, right?

[gordianot]

21. Ask them for their badge number, no badge or cause it is your ground.

[BGBD]

30. For clarification

Colorado's make my day law ends at the door.....so porches don't apply. But if they cross that plane it's their ass.

[iemanja]

20. Anyone comes to my house armed

I close the door and call the police immediately.

No one has any right to threaten with guns someone in their home.

[Demsrule86]

23. I am a Democrat...yellow dog variety. But like most here I would defend my life...

heaven help the RWNJ that shows up on my property with a gun and threatens me.

[TeamProg]

26. LoCK THEM UP !!

[Bow To The Robots]

27. Jewish Space Pillows.

Haha, the My Pillow guy! I swear he is paid under the table by FOX so they have something to talk about. I'm surprised these goons were armed only with guns and not Jewish Space Lasers!

[mountain grammy]

28. This is the first I've seen this..

Colorado is mostly a Democratic state government so there will be consequences. Imagine this going on in red states, and I'm sure it is. Terrifying.

[Wingus Dingus]

29. A group of armed men who show up at my door

will be left to stare at my locked door while I call police and my husband gets his shotgun.

[everyonematters]

31. If they break the law, people can call the police.

They have already done this in two states and found noting. It will only strengthen the argument that there was no fraud.

Is it legal in Colorado to go around in public sporting a gun like a cowboy?

[Atticus]

32. I could post a "nicer" response, but this was my first thought:

"That's a good way to get your ass shot!"

[Hassler]

33. Fascist is as fascist does

[drmeow]

34. Maybe they will get "lucky"

and chance on a gun owning white person with a castle doctrine mentality who won't wait to ask questions first when that person sees someone armed on their property

[DemocraticPatriot]

35. I guess a lot of Republicans deserve to be hanged!

:::snip:::


Shawn Smith, the head of USEIP last month led a "lock her up" chant while discussing Griswold at a rally and said that "if you're involved in election fraud, you deserve to hang."

:::snip:::