Posted By: Larry Felton Johnson June 20, 2023
Georgia’s State Election Board found the allegations made against two election workers in Fulton County that received wide circulation on the internet by supporters of Donald Trump’s discredited “stop the steal” claims were “false and unsubstantiated.”
The allegations reportedly led to harassment and threats from election denialists, and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, a supporter of Trump’s attempts to overturn the election, amplified the pressure on them by claiming they were “passing USB drives ‘like vials of heroin or cocaine’ during ballot counting.“
The GBI, FBI and Georgia Secretary of State’s office investigated the charges, and found, among other things, that a person had created a fake social media account and attributed statements to one of the poll workers. The report states:
“Lastly, the FBI identified and interviewed the true creator of the Instagram account that
reportedly contained a post by Freeman admitting she conspired to adversely affect the
November 2020 election. The account creator admitted he created the fake account and
confirmed the content that was posted on the account was fake.“
Advertisement
The charges against the two poll workers were originally sent to the Secretary of State’s office by Republican Georgia State Senator Kay Kirkpatrick, who said a constituent had made the claims. Kirkpatrick’s Senate District 32 includes parts of Cobb and Cherokee counties.
The Georgia Secretary of State’s...
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) has moved to reassure parents and learners that public schools will remain open at the end of April, dismissing widespread social media claims of a shutdown ...