BREAKING NEWS: Erie, Pa. #USPS whistleblower completely RECANTED his allegations

[Roland99]

BREAKING NEWS: Erie, Pa. #USPS whistleblower completely RECANTED his allegations of a supervisor tampering with mail-in ballots

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BREAKING NEWS: Erie, Pa. #USPS whistleblower completely RECANTED his allegations of a supervisor tampering with mail-in ballots after being questioned by investigators, according to IG.

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5:22 PM · Nov 10, 2020·Twitter Web App
Oversight Committee @OversightDems

Replying to
@OversightDems
Here are the facts: Richard Hopkins is a USPS employee in Erie, Pa.

He signed a sworn affidavit with allegations of ballot tampering/fraud and went public through Project Veritas.

#USPS IG began investigating last week.
Oversight Committee @OversightDems

#USPS IG investigators informed Committee staff today that they interviewed Hopkins on Friday, but that Hopkins RECANTED HIS ALLEGATIONS yesterday and did not explain why he signed a false affidavit.

[USALiberal]

1. Lock him up! Nt

[Tommy_Carcetti]

2. Can somebody throw James O'Keefe into a cell next to Jacob Wohl's?

I'm sure the two of them can share some great stories of hairbrained schemes gone awry with one another.

[sunonmars]

3. Any Judge is going to look down very harshly on this.

[Progressive Jones]

31. Yes, and the Postal Police don't play. He will be prosecuted to some extent. nt

[Captain Zero]

40. Add him to the unemployed too.

Like Ivanka says, buddy, try something else !

[C_U_L8R]

4. When will charges be pressed?

It's a pretty stupid thing to throw your career and life away to help Trump cheat.

[ItsjustMe]

5. Why am I not surprised

[Thekaspervote]

6. As I recall, one of the so called suits was based on that testimony

[sunonmars]

8. Yup, judge is going to throw these in the bin

[Hugin]

7. This is really going to put a ding in his gofundme.

It might even shut it down altogether.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

9. "Errrrrmm, uhhhh, what had happened was...." nt

[happybird]

10. I think we can all guess why he signed a false affidavit ...

$$$ from Veritas. I hope those lying bastards finally get brought down.

[BComplex]

13. Copy that!

This liar and his unfortunate affidavit are in a shit load of trouble.

[wnylib]

28. If he was bribed to give a false statement,

that is serious. But was he just responding to offers of awards for reports of fraud? If so, he's really stupid for not realizing it would mean an investigation and there's no reward unless the allegation holds up.

[BruceWane]

11. Queue up the next RWNJ conspiracy......

"He musta been threatened by the democrat MACHINE!!!!"

Probably already been said on Fox.

Actually, I know it's already been insinuated on Fox, heard this stuff when I tuned in the other night.... yesterday or Sunday.... idiots saying the people "coming forward" were in fear for their lives, etc... don't remember if it was Hannity or Levin.

[Baked Potato]

12. $100 Gift certificate to 4 Seasons wasn't enough?

[tanyev]

18. He found out his free weekend was not at the hotel but in a storage shed

at the landscaping company.

[Baked Potato]

21. Hee hee!!

[BumRushDaShow]

35. At least it had free parking

if you can get past the big wrought iron gate.

[klook]

27. LOL! Good for a few bags of manure. (nt)

[Baked Potato]

50. Yes!

[Tanuki]

14. .. "did not explain why he signed a false affadavit"

Huh? Did he plead the 5th? Did he say "it didn't really happen and beats me why I said it in the first place and swore to it in an affadavit"? There is more to this and I think we are all entitled to know his original motivation for creating such a destructive false narrative. After all, he falsely accused the supervisor of a felony, which could have sent an innocent person to prison.

[wnylib]

30. Grudge against the boss?

[LiberalLovinLug]

57. TO HELP HIS DEAR LEADER STEAL THE ELECTION!

Sorry for the all caps but sheeeeeeez. The answer is obvious

[mr_lebowski]

15. And another ones gone and another ones gone ... (nt)

[gohuskies]

16. Let's see how kayleigh mc-a-ninny spins this

That lying traitor will try to put a shine on this cockroach’s treachery. Lock them all up.

Facts are a sticky thing especially if you always fabricate them out of nothing or flat out lie constantly. It is what trumpanistas do.

[obamanut2012]

17. This is a Federal offense

[Lucky Luciano]

22. Pardon!

[obamanut2012]

26. hahaha

[0rganism]

24. think he gets a pardon from the Don?

conditional, of course
"Yeah we'll pardon you, Mr. Hopkins, but first you must do something for us."

[obamanut2012]

25. lol

[paleotn]

34. Nothing he could do of value to Donnie and crew...

He's a used asset. He's toast. Off to jail with you!!

[yellowdogintexas]

19. yep USPS IG will not be kind

Of course there is the possibility that he was offered a plea bargain - who knows who ordered him or paid him to do it in the first place!

[bucolic_frolic]

20. Zealots can't tell fact from fiction

but the money's good!

[JohnnyRingo]

23. And how much did he cost the taxpayers?

Considering how much of the admin is devoted to tracking people like this down, it has to be in the hundreds of thousands. The courts should hold him to restitution.

What an asshole.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

29. Project Ferret Ass

Why am I not surprised?

[lindysalsagal]

32. Which frump lackee instructed him? Trace it back to frump.

This is watergate.

[paleotn]

33. Signed affidavit?

Can you say perjury?

[BobTheSubgenius]

36. Why he signed it?

Clearly, a deep-seated desire to ever work for the govt again, or indeed any decent employer, and to view the inside of a cell. I hope he gets his wish, beyond his wildest dreams.

[dchill]

37. Is drawing and quartering still a thing?

Asking for a friend...

[SayItLoud]

38. If he is NOT locked up then once again; They are all ABOVE THE LAW. NT

[Roland99]

39. GOP had setup a GoFundMe for him, too, apparently. Had $130k in it. GoFundMe just closed that one.

[oasis]

41. This has to get more exposure. nt

[Roland99]

42. RWNJs are doing a good job of that. They're doubling-down.

saying the "whistleblower" was bullied to recant.


LMAO

[oasis]

44. Bring it on. I hope this case gets a highly publicized trial. nt

[Roland99]

45. jeezus...it's getting better. Apparently this guy, Hopkins, recorded his IG interrogation??

saying it's proof he was bullied?

we all know project veritas is the jacob wohl of geraldo riveras

[oasis]

47. Yummy!

[Marcuse]

43. 18 U.S. Code § 1622. Subornation of perjury

Whoever procures another to commit any perjury is guilty of subornation of perjury, and shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 774; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(I), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)

[Midnight Writer]

46. This allegation of ballot tampering by a USPS supervisor was a segment on Hannity's show

[TexasBushwhacker]

48. Project Veritas should be held accountable as well

I hate that weasel.

[LanternWaste]

49. James O'Keefe alleges there are tapes he'll release of feds intimidating the guy to recant.

I shit you not.

[Jim__]

55. O'Keefe has phony tapes for every occasion.

[BobTheSubgenius]

51. Hard to believe someone would lie about something as important this.

Isn't it? I mean...isn't it?

[MerryBlooms]

52. R&K He's toast.

[Blue Owl]

53. K&R

[orangecrush]

54. I am from Erie

We have our share of nazis.

Sounds like somebody bribed this guy.

It would be sweet if he rats them out.

[BumRushDaShow]

59. Oooo... an Erie person!

I have been rooting for you guys from all the way on the diagonally opposite side of the state!

[orangecrush]

60. Moved here in 91

Erie has been good to me.

[BumRushDaShow]

61. Well this Philly girl has been trying to boost attention to you guys

especially after what happened in 2016. Was so glad the county flipped back!!

Other than a couple trips that I've made to Pittsburgh, the closest that I've gotten to there was Cleveland, staring along the coast of Lake Erie in your direction from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

[orangecrush]

63. Erie has a soul

A very special one.

Visit Presque Isle state park, if you ever come by this way again.

20 miles of gorgeous beach, rare and exotic protected wildlife, lots to do for all ages, and the most breathtaking sunsets anywhere.

I spent summers in Philly growing up, South Philly little Italy.

My Grandpop still was getting a newspaper printed in Italian delivered in the late 1960's.

The food the street vendors sell in Philly is better than what you can buy in restaurants in most places.

[IowaGuy]

56. He is recanting his recant.....

He's going to be fun to watch under oath.....

[obamanut2012]

58. Wait what? He know says it is true?

I was thinking he must not have an attorney advising him after that dumbass video from last night.

[Old Crow]

62. Correct. I have no idea what's going on with him at this point.

Either he was pressured by the postal investigators to recant under duress; or he's an unstable individual; or both.