Mark Harris Lawyer: No Need To Call Witnesses To NC Ballot Fraud Hearing

[turbinetree]

Source: Talking Points Memo

By EMERY P. DALESIO
January 2, 2019 11:57 am

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A lawyer for the Republican in the country’s last undecided congressional race said Monday the campaign doesn’t think a planned hearing aiming to root out evidence of alleged ballot fraud can happen.

An attorney for Republican Mark Harris said Monday there’s no need to call witnesses to an announced Jan. 11 hearing because there’s no elections board authorized to examine evidence or take action. Attorney David Freedman of Winston-Salem said that is why he didn’t seek to compel witnesses by a Sunday deadline.

Attorneys for Democrat Dan McCready, on the other hand, sought subpoenas that could force appearances by four dozen witnesses including Harris, his campaign staffers, state and local Republican Party officials, and a political operative named Leslie McCrae Dowless, whom witnesses allege collected incomplete and unsealed ballots from voters. All may have some knowledge about why Harris enjoyed an unusually large advantage in absentee ballots in two of the 9th congressional district’s rural counties, the Democrat’s attorneys said.

Dowless did not respond to a phone message Monday. He has not violated any state or federal campaign laws and ongoing investigations will prove him innocent, said his lawyer, Cynthia Adams Singletary, said in her only statement two weeks ago.

Read more: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/mark-harris-lawyer-no-basis-north-carolina-house-race-ballot-fraud-hearing

[niyad]

1. ahh, a rudy ghouliani protege.

[Botany]

2. 3 questions for Pastor Harris.

Pastor Harris did you pay Mr. Dowless?

How much did you pay Mr. Dowless?

Did you know what Mr. Dowless was doing with the ballots he collected?

[JohnnyRingo]

3. I guess we can't investigate...

...because that's all water under the bridge.

Interesting legal strategy that can only succeed when his party controls the state govt. We'll find out if republicans oversee the courts there as well. I would certainly hope not. This can be appealed up the judicial ladder, but I imagine the republicans are running the shredders full time, because, you know, they need the space for more important things like traffic tickets.

[getagrip_already]

8. "it's too soon"......

Clearly it's time for thoughts and prayers only. Real action can come later. After harris is seated of course.

__*PUKE*___

[barbtries]

4. so the republicans

are just going to wait it out while a seat sits empty in DC?

honestly NC republicans are at least as bad as DC republicans. i live in NC and swear this is true.

[Botany]

7. Funny now the board of elections is the problem not that Pastor Harris paid somebody to ....

... illegally stop voters from voting or having that vote counted.

BTW I might be wrong but I doubt this only happened in one county or one state.

[barbtries]

9. so do i.

hard to believe no one has been charged in this mess.

[ancianita]

5. Witnesses are key to winning a suit. Judges know this.

[cstanleytech]

6. What about stealing ballots not to mention stealing from the post office as

that is whom those ballots were intended to be sent by?