The US 2020 Presidential Election & Attempts To Overturn It

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Morons

And the idiots who believed it are twice the morons

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Morons

And the idiots who believed it are twice the morons

Gotta grasp onto whatever they can to "prove" the election was "stolen".

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Giuliani is disbarred in New York as court finds he repeatedly lied about Trump's 2020 election loss



NEW YORK (AP) — Rudolph Giuliani, the former New York City mayor, federal prosecutor and legal adviser to Donald Trump, was disbarred in New York on Tuesday after a court found he repeatedly made false statements about Trump's 2020 election loss.

The Manhattan appeals court ruled Giuliani, who had his New York law license suspended in 2021 for making false statements around the election, is no longer allowed to practice law in the state, effective immediately.

“The seriousness of respondent’s misconduct cannot be overstated,” the decision reads. Giuliani “flagrantly misused” his position and “baselessly attacked and undermined the integrity of this country’s electoral process.”

“In so doing, respondent not only deliberately violated some of the most fundamental tenets of the legal profession, but he also actively contributed to the national strife that has followed the 2020 Presidential election, for which he is entirely unrepentant,” the court wrote.

A Giuliani spokesperson, Ted Goodman, said the man once dubbed “America’s mayor” will appeal the “objectively flawed” decision. He also called on others in the legal community to speak out against the “politically and ideologically corrupted decision.”

Giuliani’s attorney Arthur Aidala was more measured, saying his legal team was “obviously disappointed” but not surprised by the decision. He said they “put up a valiant effort” to prevent the disbarment but “saw the writing on the wall.”

The court said in its decision that Giuliani “essentially conceded” most of the facts supporting the alleged acts of misconduct during hearings held in October 2023. Instead, the decision said, he argued that he “lacked knowledge that statements he had made were false and that he had a good faith basis to believe the allegations he made to support his claim that the 2020 Presidential election was stolen from his client.”

Among other things, the court said it found that Giuliani “falsely and dishonestly” claimed during the 2020 Presidential election that thousands of votes were cast in the names of dead people in Philadelphia, including a ballot in the name of the late boxing great Joe Frazier. He also falsely claimed people were taken from nearby Camden, New Jersey, to vote illegally in the Pennsylvania city, the court said.

The order states that Giuliani must “desist and refrain from practicing law in any form,” including "giving to another an opinion as to the law or its application or any advice” or “holding himself out in any way as an attorney and counselor-at-law.”

Before pleading Trump’s case in November 2020, Giuliani had not appeared in court as an attorney since 1992, according to court records.

The disbarment comes amid mounting woes for the 80-year-old Giuliani. In May, WABC radio suspended him and canceled his daily talk show because he refused to stop making false claims about the 2020 election.

Giuliani is also facing the possibility of losing his law license in Washington. A board in May recommended that he be disbarred, though a court has the final say.

He also filed for bankruptcy last year after being ordered to pay $148 million in damages to two former Georgia election workers over lies he spread about them that upended their lives with racist threats and harassment.

Giuliani on Monday asked a federal judge to convert his bankruptcy case from a reorganization to a liquidation, which would mean most of his assets would be sold off to help pay what he owes creditors. At the end of May, he had about $94,000 in cash on hand while his company, Giuliani Communications, had about $237,000 in the bank, according to court documents.

Giuliani is also facing criminal charges in Georgia and Arizona over his role in the effort to overturn the 2020 election. He has pleaded not guilty in both cases.

He’s charged in Georgia with making false statements and soliciting false testimony, conspiring to create phony paperwork and asking state lawmakers to violate their oath of office to appoint an alternate slate of pro-Trump electors.

The Arizona indictment accuses Giuliani of pressuring Maricopa County officials and state legislators to change the outcome of Arizona’s results and encouraging Republican electors in the state to vote for Trump in December 2020.

Giuliani built his public persona by practicing law, as the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan in the 1980s, when he went after mobsters, powerbrokers and others. The law-and-order reputation helped catapult him into politics, governing the United States’ most populous city when it was beset by high crime.

The Republican was lauded for holding the city together after the Sept. 11 terror attacks, when two hijacked planes slammed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center, killing more than 2,700 people.

But after unsuccessful runs for the U.S. Senate and the presidency, and a lucrative career as a globetrotting consultant, Giuliani smashed his image as a centrist who could get along with Democrats as he became one of Trump’s most loyal defenders.

He was the primary mouthpiece for Trump’s false claims of election fraud after the 2020 vote, infamously standing at a press conference in front of Four Seasons Total Landscaping outside Philadelphia saying the campaign would challenge what he claimed was a vast conspiracy by Joe Biden and fellow Democrats.

Lies around the election results helped push an angry mob of pro-Trump rioters to storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in an effort to stop the certification of Biden’s victory.
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Choke on it asshole. This is your legacy.

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Judge throws out Rudy Giuliani's bankruptcy case, says he flouted process with lack of transparency


NEW YORK (AP) — A judge threw out Rudy Giuliani ’s bankruptcy case on Friday, finding that the former New York City mayor had flouted the process with a lack of transparency.

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane formalized the decision after saying he was leaning toward doing so on Wednesday. Lawyers for Giuliani and his two biggest creditors — two former election workers he was found to have defamed — had agreed that dismissing the case was the best way forward.

The dismissal ends Giuliani’s pursuit of bankruptcy protection but doesn’t absolve him of his debts. His creditors can now pursue other legal remedies to recoup at least some of the money they’re owed, such as getting a court order to seize his apartments and other assets.

Dismissing the case will also allow the ex-mayor to pursue an appeal in the defamation case, which arose from his efforts to overturn Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss.

Lane said evidence in the case showed that Giuliani had failed to meet obligations of financial transparency required of a debtor and that dismissing the bankruptcy was in the best interests of people to whom the ex-mayor owes money.

“The lack of financial transparency is particularly troubling given concerns that Mr. Giuliani has engaged in self-dealing and that he has potential conflicts of interest that would hamper the administration of his bankruptcy case,” Lane wrote in a 22-page decision.

The judge said that most debtors will seek to remedy such problems when alerted to them, but, “By contrast, Mr. Giuliani has done nothing.”

A message seeking comment was left with Giuliani’s lawyer and spokesperson.

Giuliani’s other creditors had wanted to keep the bankruptcy case going with a court-appointed trustee taking control of Giuliani’s assets.

The dismissal includes a 12-month ban on Giuliani filing again for bankruptcy protection.

Giuliani filed for bankruptcy last December, days after the two ex-Georgia election workers — Ruby Freeman and her daughter, Wandrea “Shaye” Moss — won a $148 million defamation judgment against him.

They said Giuliani’s targeting of them because of Trump’s lies about the 2020 election being stolen led to death threats that made them fear for their lives. The filing froze collection of the debt.
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Ex-Trump attorney Jenna Ellis agrees to cooperate in Arizona 'fake elector' case
The state is dropping the charges against Ellis in exchange for her cooperation.




Donald Trump's former attorney Jenna Ellis has reached a cooperation agreement with officials in Arizona as part of the state's "fake elector" case, the Arizona attorney general's office announced Monday.

The state is dropping the charges against Ellis in exchange for her cooperation, officials said.

Ellis was facing nine felonies as part of the case.

She pleaded not guilty in Maricopa County court in June for her alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results in Arizona.

As part of her cooperation deal, Ellis has agreed to provide information and materials to law enforcement officials as well as to testify "at any time and place," according to a copy of her cooperation agreement that was released by officials.

Ellis also sat for a recorded proffer session with the attorney general's office on June 17, according to the agreement.

"This agreement represents a significant step forward in our case," Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes said in a statement. "I am grateful to Ms. Ellis for her cooperation with our investigation and prosecution. Her insights are invaluable and will greatly aid the State in proving its case in court."

This spring, Ellis was one of eighteen individuals indicted by Mayes' office over their alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in the state. A number of former and current aides to Trump were among those indicted, including Rudy Giuliani and Mark Meadows.

Trump was not charged in the case.

The deal marks the second cooperation agreement for Ellis, who previously pleaded guilty and agreed to cooperate in Georgia last year after she was indicted in Fulton County alongside Donald Trump and 17 others over alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in that state.

Appearing in a Georgia courtroom in October, Ellis tearfully denounced her work on behalf of Trump during the 2020 election.

"If I knew then what I know now, I would have declined to represent Donald Trump, in these post-election challenges," Ellis told the judge in that case. "I look back on this whole experience with deep remorse."

ABC News later exclusively obtained video of Ellis' proffer session with Fulton County prosecutors.

In addition to Ellis, Georgia defendants Kenneth Chesebro, Sidney Powell and Scott Hall also took cooperation deals in that case.
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"I don't know her, I've never met her, I had nothing to do with her, no deals, no nothing!!"

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Rudy Giuliani has been officially disbarred in Washington D.C. over his false claims the 2020 election was stolen for Joe Biden.

FAFO in action

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Former Colorado county clerk Tina Peters sentenced to 9 years for voting data scheme
Tina Peters was found guilty of most charges against her in August for orchestrating the security breach of her elections computer system


Candidate Tina Peters speaks during a debate for the state leadership position Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023, in Hudson, Colo.

A judge sentenced a former Colorado county clerk to nine years behind bars Thursday for leading a voting system data-breach scheme inspired by the rampant false claims that fraud altered the 2020 presidential outcome.

Judge Matthew Barrett handed down the sentence after jurors found Tina Peters guilty in August for allowing a man to misuse a security card to access to the Mesa County election system and for being deceptive about that person’s identity.

The man was affiliated with My Pillow chief executive Mike Lindell, a prominent promoter of false claims that voting machines were manipulated to steal the election from Trump.

At trial, prosecutors said Peters, a Republican, was seeking fame and became “fixated” on voting problems after becoming involved with those who had questioned the accuracy of the presidential election results.

A one-time hero to election deniers, Peters has been unapologetic about what happened.
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Former Colorado county clerk Tina Peters sentenced to 9 years for voting data scheme
Tina Peters was found guilty of most charges against her in August for orchestrating the security breach of her elections computer system


Candidate Tina Peters speaks during a debate for the state leadership position Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023, in Hudson, Colo.

A judge sentenced a former Colorado county clerk to nine years behind bars Thursday for leading a voting system data-breach scheme inspired by the rampant false claims that fraud altered the 2020 presidential outcome.

Judge Matthew Barrett handed down the sentence after jurors found Tina Peters guilty in August for allowing a man to misuse a security card to access to the Mesa County election system and for being deceptive about that person’s identity.

The man was affiliated with My Pillow chief executive Mike Lindell, a prominent promoter of false claims that voting machines were manipulated to steal the election from Trump.

At trial, prosecutors said Peters, a Republican, was seeking fame and became “fixated” on voting problems after becoming involved with those who had questioned the accuracy of the presidential election results.

A one-time hero to election deniers, Peters has been unapologetic about what happened.
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She can now be unapologetic behind bars as soon as the door closes...

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Georgia Election Workers Score Massive Win Against MAGA Website



Two Georgia election workers falsely accused of rigging the 2020 election have settled a defamation lawsuit with the far-right conspiracy website The Gateway Pundit.

After the 2020 presidential election, Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss were accused of committing election fraud and counting illegal ballots in a series of stories published to the website. The pair then sued the website for defamation, and The Guardian reported that the final settlement was filed on Thursday in circuit court in Missouri.

Terms of the settlement were not disclosed, but Freeman and Moss successfully sued Trump’s former lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, for libel last year and won a judgment of $150 million.

The Gateway Pundit, along with Giuliani, repeatedly attacked Freeman and Moss even after the lies about them were debunked and the pair were found to have just been doing their jobs. The election-rigging conspiracy quickly spread among the right wing, with the likes of Sean Hannity and even Trump repeating them.

Jim Hoft, who founded The Gateway Pundit, refused to back down about the false claims, and his brother Joe, a contributor to the website, repeated the lies again at the Republican National Convention in August.

The lies led to death threats and harassment against the mother and daughter, and the two were forced to go into hiding after right-wing fanatics showed up at Freeman’s home. Moss’s son even received threats on his phone, and Freeman testified last year that she had nowhere to live.

“I was terrorized,” Freeman said during the trial against Giuliani last year. “I’d rather stay in my car and be homeless rather than put that on someone else.”

In that trial, Giuliani’s lawyer accused The Gateway Pundit of providing the basis for the false claims against Freeman and Moss. The pair also settled a lawsuit against the right-wing One America News last year, which issued an on-air apology afterward.

Thanks to Giuliani’s failed attempt to file for bankruptcy, Freeman and Moss could soon gain control over his assets. Hopefully, their victories will dissuade more right-wing personalities and organizations from throwing around false claims about next month’s election, but alas, the right isn’t exactly known for its introspection.
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The latest "victim" of FAFO

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Judge orders Giuliani to hand over assets to Georgia election workers

Rudy Giuliani must turn over much of his property — his apartment in New York, the city that made him mayor, and other prized possessions — to two Georgia election workers who have sought for months to collect their massive defamation judgment, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.

The order appoints Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, the election workers, as receivers of Giuliani’s New York apartment, Mercedes-Benz, luxury watches and some of his cash, among other items.

U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman ordered Giuliani to hand over his assets within seven days and gave the mother-daughter duo authority to immediately put those items for sale.

They will also be free to pursue Giuliani’s claim that former President Trump owes him legal fees for work following the 2020 election.

Giuliani had consented to much of the order, but he objected to allowing them to sue Trump for the funds until after the election. He is also fighting to retain his Palm Beach, Fla., condo by declaring it his homestead — the judge said Giuliani could remain in control, for now.

Giuliani, the former mayor of New York and a longtime ally of former President Trump, now has until just next week to turn over the assets or face the risk of them being seized. The Hill requested comment from Giuliani’s spokesperson.

“In the absence of a turnover order to a receiver, Plaintiffs would bear the unacceptable risk of delay and Defendant’s insolvency,” Liman wrote in his ruling. “The Court finds no good cause to impose additional limits on the time or manner of the liquidation or prosecution of any other item or interest on the list.”

The Hill requested comment from Giuliani’s spokesperson and lawyers for the election workers.

A jury in 2023 found Giuliani defamed Freeman and Moss by baselessly claiming they engaged in election fraud and ordered him pay them $146 million. Giuliani froze the judgment, and other pending lawsuits against him, by filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. But a judge threw him out of bankruptcy for a lack of transparency, allowing the election workers to collect on the judgment.

Despite the eye-popping amount, the mother-daughter duo is expected to receive far less, since Giuliani disclosed only $10.6 million in assets to the bankruptcy court.

Beyond his New York apartment, Giuliani also must turnover his 1980 Mercedez-Benz SL500, television, various furniture, signed photos of famed Yankees Reggie Jackson and Joe DiMaggio, 26 watches and nonexempt cash in his checking accounts.

The Hill requested comment from Giuliani’s spokesperson and lawyers for the election workers.

A jury in 2023 found Giuliani defamed Freeman and Moss by baselessly claiming they engaged in election fraud and ordered him pay them $146 million. Giuliani froze the judgment, and other pending lawsuits against him, by filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. But a judge threw him out of bankruptcy for a lack of transparency, allowing the election workers to collect on the judgment.

Despite the eye-popping amount, the mother-daughter duo is expected to receive far less, since Giuliani disclosed only $10.6 million in assets to the bankruptcy court.

Beyond his New York apartment, Giuliani also must turnover his 1980 Mercedez-Benz SL500, television, various furniture, signed photos of famed Yankees Reggie Jackson and Joe DiMaggio, 26 watches and nonexempt cash in his checking accounts.

Giuliani’s attorney had indicated some of the watches were gifted to him by foreign heads of state following the 9/11 attacks.

The judge, however, deferred a decision on whether Giuliani must turnover three Yankees World Series rings. His son, Andrew, has intervened in the legal battle to claim they were gifted to him in 2018, contending the election workers aren’t entitled to them.

A hearing is set for Oct. 28 to discuss those matters, and the judge has also scheduled a Jan. 16, 2025, bench trial for whether Giuliani can hold onto his Palm Beach condo as his homestead.
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Time to pay the piper asshole. You forgot Rule #1 Everything Trump Touches Dies

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Judge orders Giuliani to hand over assets to Georgia election workers

Rudy Giuliani must turn over much of his property — his apartment in New York, the city that made him mayor, and other prized possessions — to two Georgia election workers who have sought for months to collect their massive defamation judgment, a federal judge ruled Tuesday....

....A hearing is set for Oct. 28 to discuss those matters, and the judge has also scheduled a Jan. 16, 2025, bench trial for whether Giuliani can hold onto his Palm Beach condo as his homestead.
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Time to pay the piper asshole. You forgot Rule #1 Everything Trump Touches Dies

I have every confidence that Trump will reward his loyalty by purchasing him a new penthouse and of course chipping in with the legal expenses.

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Arizona official who delayed 2022 election certification pleads guilty


FILE – Cochise County Supervisor Peggy Judd at a public meeting on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, in Sierra Vista, Arizona.

PHOENIX (AP) — One of two rural Arizona county supervisors who faced criminal charges for refusing to certify the 2022 midterm results by a state deadline pleaded guilty Monday to a misdemeanor of failing to perform her duty as an election officer.

Coming two weeks before the Nov. 5 general election, the acknowledgment of guilt by Cochise County Supervisor Peggy Judd was seen by some as a warning to other Arizona county officials who might once again be pressured by election conspiracists not to certify the results.

“Judd’s official guilty plea represents an important development in securing election integrity in Arizona,” said Thomas Volgy, a former Tucson, Arizona, mayor and professor at the University of Arizona, where he specializes in democratic processes. “It should be a loud wake-up call to county elected officials that they cannot fiddle with the vote intentions of Arizonans for cheap partisan gain.”

Peter Bondi, managing director of the nonprofit group Informing Democracy, said in a statement that Judd's plea "is a clear reminder that the duty to certify is not optional, and should deter every election official from attempting to subvert the will of voters.”

“This is a victory for democracy, the rule of law, and most importantly for every voter who casts a ballot this year,” Bondi said.

Judd avoided a possible felony charge by entering the plea under an agreement reached in Maricopa County Superior Court, where the criminal case was filed. Judd will be sentenced to unsupervised probation for not less than 90 days and she will pay a maximum $500 fine, said a spokesperson for Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes.

“We don’t have much of a comment except that she is super happy to put this behind her,” said Judd’s attorney Kurt Altman.

Judd and Tom Crosby, her fellow Republican on the three-member board, were indicted last year on felony charges of conspiracy and interference with an election officer after they delayed the state's canvass. The third member of the board, Democrat Ann Crosby, had voted to certify the election.

The Cochise County results were ultimately certified past the deadline after a judge ordered Judd and Crosby to carry out their legal duties.

“Any attempt to interfere with elections in Arizona will not be tolerated,” Mayes said in a statement after the plea was entered. “My office will continue to pursue justice and ensure that anyone who undermines our electoral system is held accountable.

“Today’s plea agreement and sentencing should serve as a strong reminder that I will not hesitate to use every tool available to uphold the rule of law and protect the integrity of Arizona’s elections,” she added.

Judd and Crosby had sought to require a hand count of all the county's ballots amid rampant conspiracy theories about the integrity of the vote and chaotic public hearings that dragged on for hours. They also raised doubts about the accuracy of vote tabulation machines. Republicans lost the races for governor and attorney general to the Democrats in November 2022.

Crosby is still set to go to trial on the charge in January and is running for reelection in November. Judd did not seek to be reelected. When reached by email on Monday, Crosby seemed to have been unaware of Judd's plea, but he did not respond to a request to comment on it.

Arizona was once reliably Republican, but Democrats have gained increased influence in recent years, especially in urban areas like Phoenix, which has become one of the fastest-growing cities in the U.S. as people move in from other states for a growing number of jobs.
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Should've been a felony