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A former police chief in Louisiana and a former city councilmember were sentenced for their role in a scheme to buy votes during an election.
Progress. Now, let's move beyond the pikers and start going after big fish, like private voting machine companies and ballot harvesters…
— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) December 1, 2022
The 2 were conspired to pay residents to vote certain ways during the 2016 Tangipahoa Parish primary and general elections.
It IS a conspiracy theory.
— TwistdKris (@Natarlux) December 1, 2022
“Trabona and Hart’s vote buying scheme included the solicitation and hiring of individuals responsible for identifying potential voters, the transportation of those voters to the polls, and payment and offer of payment to the voters for voting,” – Justice Department
Ha! While giving Hillary Clinton a free pass to make those claims…
— PreCog (@PreCog18) December 1, 2022
The 2 sought to hire vote buyers willing to sell their ballots.
OMG
— Ken Hinton (@kmhinton45) December 1, 2022
The 2 made them sign contracts to attempt to conceal what they were doing.
https://twitter.com/JLPettimoreIIl/status/1598394371250204672?s=20&t=cMrqVT3A6f6aPA4cS5Q00A
The contracts falsely stated they would not “make any overture of any kind to any voter or other person of financial award or benefit in exchange for a vote.”
Amite Chief of Police Jerry Trabona & current Amite City Councilmember Kris Hart pleaded guilty to conspiring to pay & offering to pay voters residing in Tangipahoa Parish, LA for voting in the 2016 open primary & general election.@FBINewOrleans @EDLAnews https://t.co/RjQNf7bsun. pic.twitter.com/sjxNcXnoTG
— FBI New Orleans (@FBINewOrleans) July 22, 2022