Gingrich Campaign Worker Pleads Guilty to Election Fraud Felonies in VA
Source: BRAD BLOG, WVIR
Gingrich Campaign Worker Pleads Guilty to Election Fraud Felonies in VA
Co-defendant facing 42 counts; 'Additional arrests' may be coming...
In January of 2012, just as the GOP Primary election cycle for President was getting under way, The BRAD BLOG reported exclusively that the office of the Virginia Attorney General had opened a criminal election fraud investigation into the failed effort by the campaign of Newt Gingrich to appear on the primary ballot in the Commonwealth.
Now, a woman hired by the campaign has "pleaded guilty to felony counts of fraud and perjury," according to a report just out tonight from Charlottesville's NBC affiliate WVIR.
31-year old Jennifer Derrebery reportedly worked for Gingrich's election contractor Stillwater LLC and, according to prosecutors, turned in campaign petitions with some 400 signatures in the failed attempt to collect the 10,000 needed for Gingrich's name to appear on the primary ballot last year. According to WVIR, nearly all of the signatures submitted by Derrebery were fake
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freshwest
(53,661 posts)I felt what he did was worse at the time, and still feel he should be jailed. Thanks for keeping on top of this and I hope this is getting to the voters in VA. Sad state of affairs in that region, too many GOP.
atreides1
(16,046 posts)More like he had the connections and she didn't!
formercia
(18,479 posts)since he and Gingrich had a secret pact.
BradBlog
(2,938 posts)Here's one place you can find Santorum and fraud fitting into this puzzle. Don't know if this was the "secret pact" or not, but doesn't look like it was gonna work out to well: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=9069
formercia
(18,479 posts)Sanscrotum and his merry band of Knights up to their old tricks again. Figures.
BradBlog
(2,938 posts)And you say it like that's a bad thing!
cbrer
(1,831 posts)Left Coast2020
(2,397 posts)Grins
(7,128 posts)And the howling from the Reich-wingers: <Sound of crickets.>
BradBlog
(2,938 posts)sofa king
(10,857 posts)Should've known we'd find muck at the bottom of Stillwater.
Vogon_Glory
(9,084 posts)IOKALAYAR usually applies when Republicans try such pranks with Democrats during the general election and Ms. Derrebery would walk, except that this was skullduggery against fellow R's, and the Virginia Attorney General, an R of course, has decided to invoke the penalty of the law.