Voter fraud investigation takes a serious turn for Mark Meadows

[LetMyPeopleVote]

Mark Meadows lied about his residence in North Carolina and illegally voted in that state

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Following up on our earlier coverage, the former congressman’s position in the Tar Heel State has taken a significant turn for the worse. The Associated Press reported:

The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation said it has submitted to state prosecutors the findings of its voter fraud probe into Mark Meadows, a former White House chief of staff to President Donald Trump, who was simultaneously registered to vote in North Carolina and two other states earlier this year. The State Bureau of Investigation announced Tuesday that it has turned over the case file detailing its investigation into Meadows’ North Carolina voter registration and listed residence to Attorney General Josh Stein’s office.

In a statement, the North Carolina Bureau of Investigation said prosecutors with the state attorney general’s office will determine whether to file criminal charges in the case.

In case anyone needs a refresher — the bureau’s investigation took roughly eight months — let’s review how we arrived at this point.

Before and after Election Day 2020, Meadows talked quite a bit about voting irregularities. Like so many members of Donald Trump’s team, the Republican was heavily invested in the demonstrably false idea that there was widespread fraud.

“Do you realize how inaccurate the voter rolls are, with people just moving around?” Meadows asked in August 2020. He later complained in his memoir about some people casting ballots despite not being “an actual resident of the state they were voting in.”

It was against this backdrop that the public learned that Meadows himself appears to have cast a ballot from his former home state of North Carolina, despite having moved away and no longer being an actual state resident.

[MontanaMama]

1. Sigh.

It just continues.

[multigraincracker]

2. State Prisons are no fun.

Don't do the crime if you can't do the time.

[rsdsharp]

6. I doubt he'll ever find out.

He’s white, he’s male, he’s rich and he’s politically powerful. In the unlikely event he’s charged, and in the unlikely event he’s found guilty, he’ll get probation.

It’s not like he’s a poor, black woman.

[iluvtennis]

16. +1. nt

[Evolve Dammit]

21. Yes indeed. Sadly. Very sadly.

[CharleyDog]

3. voter fraud and plotting an intricate coup d'tat

of note: glad to see the head plotter of the kidnapping (Gov. Whitmer) received 19 1/2 years!

[cilla4progress]

4. Sigh.

Why it's almost like they constantly bark about voter fraud because THEY ARE THE ONES COMMITTING IT!!

[Maeve]

5. Projection, thy name is Repub!

[50 Shades Of Blue]

7. I'll be shocked if anything happens to him.

[republianmushroom]

8. like it

[LiberalFighter]

9. Did Meadows vote in either of the other two states?

[Frasier Balzov]

11. That's what I wondered.

Voting multiple times is the smoking gun.

[Wonder Why]

28. Might also be where he claimed residency on his state taxes. Another place to look.

[Cha]

10. Excellent! Make Meadows Pay

for his brainwormed crimes against America.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

18. Prefer Meadows be indicted and go to trial, but ok if rats out the rest of the vermin.

[Cha]

23. Meadows certainly seems like a

cornered snitch rat that would do that to save his own ugly skin.

Maybe he'll pay in other ways.. I don't think Karma skips for ratting out Comradely Treasonous magats.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

25. Some have pointed out the songbird has so far not said a peep in public about the coup attempt.

Just as his plea and witness cooperation agreement stipulates, in clear writing, approved by his lawyers.

[Ohioboy]

12. Every time I hear about actual voter fraud...

it's being committed by either Trump himself, asking to find him more votes, or some other republican idiot voting improperly.

I guess this is what makes the MAGAts so convinced there's voter fraud. The only problem is it's them doing it.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

20. The fraudulent state electors documents were literally fraudulent...and signed with pride!

Open and shut case for them…the head plotters 🧠 bit harder to unearth…but not much. They left a paper and financial trail leading straight to prison…on cooperation with prosecutors, if the prosecution finds them useful.

Pick the low hanging fruit and throw at the top of the tree, see what falls out.

[Ohioboy]

29. Yes! All the voter fraud is being done by the ones complaining about voter fraud

I really hope the fake electors are going to pay a price for what they did.

[nuxvomica]

13. Well, I think Meadows should file an amicus brief against himself

He's been so vocal about this issue he should weigh in against this voting-fraudster Mark Meadows.

[Malmsy]

14. Josh Stein, the NC AG is a Democrat, thankfully.

He won't be worrying about Trump voters retaliating at the polls.

[patphil]

15. What we really need is a national voter database.

That's the only way to prevent voter fraud and voter suppression.
I realize it's dangerous, but so is the Republican party's plan to control the vote and insure a permanent Republican dictatorship.

Once a citizen is registered, it won't matter where they are, they can vote for the candidates at their designated address in person, via mail, or computer. They would know immediately if their vote was registered and counted.
It would be hard for someone else to vote in their name because the acknowledgement would go to the proper person. The only one who could challenge it would be the voter themself, in cases of someone taking their vote.
It's an idea whose time has come.

Please don't tell me it can't be done. I know the concept is not difficult to safely implement. Computers already handle so much of your life; it's just another thing to protect, and protection can be very robust.

[paleotn]

17. Ah, yes. The dodgy mobile home on Scaly Mountain.

Forgot about that one. Not sure why it took eight freaking months to investigate. Seems pretty bleeping obvious that a former White House chief of staff doesn't live here.....

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https://www.highlandsnews.com/regional-news/former-congressman-registered-vote-mobile-home-scaly-mountain-he-doesnt-own

[SWBTATTReg]

19. I swear, anything that tRUMP's touched, is a crime wave. Anything and everything. NT

[Evolve Dammit]

22. since his KKK dad and mob boss lawyer Roy Cohn trained and "groomed" him. Gee...n/t

[TeamProg]

24. LOCK THE FUCKER UP !! n/t

[Martin68]

26. Regulations and laws are meant for snowflakes, not upright Republican frauds like Mark Meadows.

Two of the major symptoms of MAG-mania are 1) the belief that they are entitled to do anything in support of Donald Trump, and 2) the belief that they can get away with anything scot-free. The last symptom may be connected to the belief that Donald Trump can pardon them even if he is not in office. Just like the brief that Donald Trump can declassify intelligence even when he's not in office.,

[gratuitous]

27. They'll bend over backwards to discount it as no big deal

And let's face it, one fraudulent vote out of millions of votes cast isn't any big deal. It's like counterfeiting a penny, just not worth it, considering the penalty for counterfeiting money. But Republicans have been selling the notion that elections have turned on fraudulent votes, even when one candidate polls 7+ million votes more than his opponent. This is, of course, absurd, but it's the line Republicans have chosen to take rather than own up to the fact that their non-existent platform and the policies they're pursuing just aren't popular. So they have to spread baseless rumors of massive rigging because their own penny-ante cheating isn't effective.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

30. Meadows is NOT going to be prosecuted

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