Trump campaign's star witness in Michigan was deemed 'not credible.' Then, her loud testimony went v

[Eugene]

Earlier DU thread: Giuliani Parks The Crazytown Bus Outside Michigan Capitol

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Source: Washington Post

Trump campaign’s star witness in Michigan was deemed ‘not credible.’ Then, her loud testimony went viral.

By Teo Armus
12/3/2020, 7:45:48 a.m.

Weeks after Melissa Carone was tapped by the Trump campaign as a witness in Michigan, little appeared to be going as planned with the contract IT worker’s testimony — an unverified series of claims about ballot fraud at Detroit’s vote-counting center.

In interviews with conservative-leaning media last month, her offbeat tale suggesting ballots were being smuggled inside food vans seemed to baffle even Fox Business host Lou Dobbs. Two days later, a Wayne County judge ruled that her allegations “simply are not credible.”

Yet, there she was in front of a Michigan House panel on Wednesday, dressing down a Republican lawmaker as she loudly insisted, without proof, that tens of thousands of votes had been counted twice. At one point, she was audibly shushed by Trump campaign attorney Rudolph W. Giuliani.

“I know what I saw,” Carone told state Rep. Steven Johnson (R), raising her eyebrows sharply. “And I signed something saying if I’m wrong, I can go to prison. Did you?”

On social media, her pointed declarations, Midwestern lilt and poofy, blond updo drew comparisons to “Saturday Night Live” characters played by Victoria Jackson and Cecily Strong. By early Thursday, one clip of her exchange with Johnson had been viewed about 9 million times.

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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/12/03/melissa-carone-michigan-trump-giuliani-election/

[Cicada]

2. Daily Mail says her one year probation expired in Sept, computer crimes

Under her married name

Using computers to commit a crime

[TexasTowelie]

3. Lock her up!

After all, she asked for it in her testimony.

[marble falls]

4. You wo'en't really do that, right?

[TexasTowelie]

5. I probably should have included the sarcasm tag.

However, her attitude throughout the entire hearing was despicable. I suspect that she harmed her prospects for her career with the performance during the hearing--I know that I wouldn't hire her after seeing her acting so defiantly.

However, she also might be a grifter who acts so outlandishly that some rubes on social media will give her money.

[marble falls]

6. T think she needs a little jail. I was just using her voice, I di'n't mean doe'n't do it!