A pro-Trump sheriff in Michigan conducted an investigation into the voting machine in his county, despite the fact that the former president Donald Trump Win the area with 65% of the votes.
Barry County Sheriff Dar Leaf, like Trump, claimed that voter fraud led to the election of the president Joe BidenWin the 2020 general election. This statement led the sheriff to launch an investigation into the voting machine in Barry County, as officials there condemned the investigation as “absolutely absurd.” CBS Local affiliate news channel 3 Friday report.
Although Biden won Michigan with more than 150,000 votes (approximately 2.8%), Trump won Barry County by a larger margin. The county’s official election results showed that Trump won 23,471 votes there, while Biden had only 11,797 votes. Barry County cast a total of 36,146 votes, which means Trump won about 65% of the votes, while Biden won less than 33%.
Nonetheless, according to a report on Channel 3, as Trump was encouraged by the unfounded claims of widespread voter fraud, Leaf has investigated the voting machines used in his county. The local election staff told the news station that they were interrogated by a private investigator who accompanied the sheriff’s deputy.
“I want to know the price tag and who pays, because it is absolutely ridiculous,” Rutland Town Secretary Robin Hawthorne told Channel 3.
Hawthorne said she was “offended” by the investigation.
“I have been a clerk for 18 years. I am very angry that some people will say that there is any problem with my election,” she said.
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Barry County Clerk Pam Palmer pointed out that “everything is carefully scrutinized and perfectly balanced” and claimed that “there is no sign of fraud.”
Michigan bridge Reported before In early July, emails revealed that Leaf had coordinated with Trump’s allies via email regarding his efforts to seize voting machines in Barry County.The news organization reported that the sheriff’s lawyer maintained correspondence with pro-Trump lawyer Sidney Powell and the retired general, who filed many widely criticized election challenge lawsuits in support of the former president. Michael FlynnIn 2017, he briefly served as Trump’s White House National Security Advisor.
Flynn and Powell, as well as MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell and others, have been The key to promotion Trump baselessly claimed that the 2020 election was “rigged” or “stolen”.This extraordinary allegation has been thoroughly filed and Completely discredited, But the former president and his loyal supporters continue to promote this baseless claim to unite supporters
Palmer told Channel 3 that he thought Ye might try to access the voting machine to find a way to switch votes.
“I think what Dar is doing is using Barry County as a template, trying to see if they can figure out whether these machines have a way to shift votes from Republicans to Democrats or from Democrats to Republicans,” the local county official said.
Barry County Deputy Sheriff Jason Sixberry confirmed to the local news station that a deputy has been assigned to participate in the investigation. However, he stated that funds from the sheriff’s office were not used to pay for external investigators who questioned local election officials.
Weekly newspaper Contacted the sheriff’s office on Saturday for further comment, but did not receive an immediate response.
Michigan has conducted the most extensive audit of its 2020 election results in its history and completed the process in early March. This includes a thorough audit of the election process, the ballots tabulated and the ballots themselves, Detroit Free Press Reported at the time.
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson (Jocelyn Benson) asserted in early March: “It’s time for political leaders to tell their voters the truth. Our election is the safest election in history, and the results accurately reflect Michigan voters. Willingness.” Although Trump led Michigan by only 0.2% in 2016, this Midwestern state has already Democratic Party In every election dating back to 1992.
Dozens of election challenge lawsuits filed by Trump and his supporters have failed in state and federal courts.Even the judge appointed by Trump and his colleagues Republicans The often strange allegations have been rejected.Audits and vote recounts-including in key battlefield states where Republicans voted for Trump Supervise the election——Reiterated Biden’s victory.
Former U.S. Attorney General William BarrWidely regarded as one of Trump’s most loyal cabinet officials, he stated in early December that there was “no evidence” to confirm widespread fraud claims.In addition, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Bureau Department of Homeland Security After the election, he claimed that it was “the safest in American history.” The federal agency, led by a Trump-appointed person at the time, said that “there is no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes, or was compromised in any way.”
Despite this, opinion polls show that the vast majority of Republican voters Do not believe Biden is the legitimate president.Thousands of Trump supporters continue to regularly Participate in the rally Led by Trump’s loyal supporters (such as Lindel, Powell, and Flynn), where debunked conspiracy theories and unfounded claims about the election results are promoted.
