The Justice Department charged 20 people with threatening election workers throughout the United States through its Elections Threats Task Force.
This task force was formed in June 2021 in response to increasing reports of intimidation and threats to election workers following the 2020 election. Former President Donald Trump and his allies argued, without evidence, there was widespread fraud during this election.
In addition to the task force’s work leading to these charges, they opened dozens of investigations into other instances since their launch.
During a press conference in Arizona to lay out the sentence for the Ohio resident Joshua Russell for making death threats to an official working in the Arizona secretary of state’s office, Justice Department official John Keller told reporters that 13 of the 20 people charged were convicted.
Seven individuals were given sentences between one and a half to three and a half years in prison, which, Keller mentioned, shows...
This task force was formed in June 2021 in response to increasing reports of intimidation and threats to election workers following the 2020 election. Former President Donald Trump and his allies argued, without evidence, there was widespread fraud during this election.
In addition to the task force’s work leading to these charges, they opened dozens of investigations into other instances since their launch.
During a press conference in Arizona to lay out the sentence for the Ohio resident Joshua Russell for making death threats to an official working in the Arizona secretary of state’s office, Justice Department official John Keller told reporters that 13 of the 20 people charged were convicted.
Seven individuals were given sentences between one and a half to three and a half years in prison, which, Keller mentioned, shows...
- 4/13/2024
- by Alessio Atria
- Uinterview
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