A Far Right Law Enforcement Movement Is Fueling The Effort To Infiltrate Voting Machines

[Celerity]

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/constitutional-sheriffs-richard-mack-dar-leaf-dsouza-voter-fraud



A far right, nationwide membership organization of county sheriffs has turned its focus to Donald Trump- and Dinesh D’Souza-inspired claims of “voter fraud,” and it’s creating big problems for state officials worried about actual election integrity. The so-called “constitutional sheriff” movement holds that a sheriff’s authority in their county trumps that of any other law enforcement agency, and that sheriffs can ignore any law they consider unconstitutional.

And at least one sheriff affiliated with the movement has already gotten his hands on election equipment: The top lawman in Barry County, Michigan, reportedly took possession of at least one ballot tabulator last year, with the county’s clerk later saying the machine had been taken to Detroit and disassembled. Now, the sheriff has filed suit against state officials and the Michigan State Police, saying they’ve illegally usurped his authority with their own investigation, and referring to the state police as “an unelected and unaccountable strong arm of the state.”

The organization behind the movement, the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association, is hoping others join the fight. In a press release last month, CSPOA called on law enforcement around the country “to come together in pursuit of the truth regarding the 2020 election.” At the bottom of the press release, a CSPOA membership link beckoned curious sheriffs and their supporters: “Learn how we restore liberty in America: Join the Posse.”

‘Arrest Them For Interference’

For a year and a half, one sheriff in Michigan has demonstrated the lengths to which those in the constitutional sheriff movement will go to pursue claims of election fraud — no matter how flimsy: Barry County Michigan’s Dar Leaf. After Leaf’s December 2020 lawsuit seeking to impound voting machines was laughed out of court, the sheriff dispatched a deputy and a private investigator to go from town to town in Barry County last year, grilling township clerks on the intricacies of their voting machines — and alarming more than a few of them in the process. At one point, the clerk of Irving Township allowed Leaf’s investigators to take a Dominion tabulator from the township hall. “I’ve been told they took it (to the Detroit area) and tore it apart,” Barry County Clerk Pam Palmer told local station WOOD-TV last week, adding that the machine was returned with a broken security seal.

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Barry County Sheriff Dar Leaf, right, speaks next to members of the Michigan Liberty Militia, (including William and Michael Null, two of the men accused of taking part in the plot on Whitmer) during the "American Patriot Rally-at Rosa Parks Circle in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan, on May 18, 2020.

[Kid Berwyn]

1. Sheriff Michigan Militiaman, traitor.

Glad to see Josh Marshall on the case.

Amazing what one can learn about law enforcement and the end of Democracy.

[Initech]

5. 2000 Mules is definitely going to inspire violence on election night.

We ain't seen nothing yet.

[Kid Berwyn]

7. Michigan Sheriff Coordinated with Trump Advisers in Attempt to Seize Voting Machines

Emails: Michigan sheriff sought to seize voting machines amid Trump claims

by Jonathan Oosting
Bridge Magazine, July 2, 2021

LANSING — Barry County Sheriff Dar Leaf last year tried to enlist fellow “constitutional sheriffs” to seize Dominion voting machines at the heart of an election conspiracy theory promoted by then-President Donald Trump, Bridge Michigan has learned.

A trove of emails obtained by Bridge through the Freedom of Information Act indicate Trump had at least some law enforcement support in his bid to overturn the 2020 election won by Democratic President Joe Biden.

Bridge obtained emails from Leaf that detail his unsuccessful efforts to obtain voting machines and inspect them. The records indicate that Leaf’s attorney provided updates on the effort to Trump allies including attorney Sidney Powell and a contact for former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn.

Leaf told Bridge in a brief interview that he worked with other Michigan sheriffs on what he called an “ongoing” matter after the election, but would not divulge specifics.

"It is our job to investigate all acts of voter fraud," said Leaf, a Republican who made national headlines last year for joining armed militia members on stage at a protest against Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s COVID-19 pandemic orders.

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https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/emails-michigan-sheriff-sought-seize-voting-machines-amid-trump-claims

VRWC indeed, but NOT if we can do something about it. Merrick Garland, Democracy is calling!

[BlueIdaho]

2. Fucking Sheriffs.

The dregs of the law enforcement community.

[Initech]

3. With cops like these, who needs crooks?

[Kingofalldems]

4. Hicks.

[Thunderbeast]

6. Up against st the wall!

Time to nail these treasonous f%*kers!