Patrick Colbeck

Bureau of Elections Director’s Directive to Destroy Federal Election Records (MI)

Established Fact, Michigan, United States, Weaponization of Government, Willful Neglect of Duty /

Established Fact Michigan Bureau of Elections Director Jonathan Brater issued a February 12, 2021 memorandum directing county clerks to delete electronic pollbook software and associated files – records required to be preserved for 22 months under 52 U.S.C. § 20702. The directive was issued less than four months after the election, before the mandatory retention […]

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Secretary of State Benson’s Failure to Honor Audit Commitment to Wayne County Canvassers (MI)

Established Fact, Michigan, United States, Wayne County, Weaponization of Government, Willful Neglect of Duty /

Established Fact Canvassers Monica Palmer and William Hartmann conditionally changed their certification votes to “yes” on November 17, 2020, only after receiving a sworn promise from fellow Canvasser Jonathon Kinloch that a full independent audit would be conducted. Secretary Benson publicly stated the audit agreement was “not binding upon her” and took no steps to

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Law Enforcement Refusal to Enforce Election Law at TCF Center (MI)

Detroit, Established Fact, Michigan, United States, Wayne County, Weaponization of Government, Willful Neglect of Duty /

Established Fact Despite witnessing Department of Elections officials systematically denying credentialed Republican poll challengers access to observe ballot processing at the TCF Center in Detroit, law enforcement officers stationed on the floor willfully failed to enforce MCL § 168.733, which expressly guarantees the right of credentialed challengers to observe all aspects of absentee ballot counting.

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State Election Board Referral to AG Ignored – Fulton County Uncertified Tabulator Returns (GA)

Established Fact, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, Weaponization of Government, Willful Neglect of Duty /

Established Fact Fulton County conceded before the State Election Board (SEB2022-015) that all 148 advance voting tabulator official returns – representing approximately 316,000-320,000 ballots – were never certified. The SEB voted to refer this matter to both the Georgia Attorney General and the U.S. Department of Justice. No prosecution was initiated and no corrective action

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SOS Post-Election Machine Audit Was a “Ruse” – Five of Six Counties Confirm No Audit Occurred (GA)

Established Fact, Georgia, United States, Weaponization of Government, Willful Neglect of Duty /

Established Fact Secretary Raffensperger publicly claimed that a post-election forensic audit of voting machines had been conducted in six counties. Five of those six counties responded in writing confirming that no such audit had taken place. The sixth county did not respond. Rather than correcting the record, the Secretary allowed the public representation to stand,

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Secretary of State Raffensperger’s Failure to Act on Senate Subcommittee Findings (GA)

Established Fact, Georgia, United States, Weaponization of Government, Willful Neglect of Duty /

Established Fact The Georgia Senate Subcommittee on Elections, chaired by Sen. William Ligon, issued a formal December 17, 2020 report concluding the election “should not be certified” due to systemic fraud and irregularities (Finding No. 9). Secretary Raffensperger received these findings and took no corrective action. When asked what the Secretary did with the subcommittee’s

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Neglect of Chain-of-Custody Violations in DeKalb County (GA)

DeKalb County, Established Fact, Georgia, United States, Weaponization of Government, Willful Neglect of Duty /

Established Fact State and county election officials willfully neglected to investigate or disqualify 43,907 absentee ballots deposited in DeKalb County drop boxes that were counted in the certified results despite clear violations of the Georgia State Election Board’s chain-of-custody documentation rules. No official investigation was initiated and the ballots were included in the final certified

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Failure to Preserve Drop Box Surveillance Video (AZ)

Arizona, Established Fact, Maricopa County, United States, Weaponization of Government, Willful Neglect of Duty, Yuma County /

Established Fact Election officials in Yuma and Maricopa Counties willfully neglected their duty to maintain and provide adequate video surveillance of absentee ballot drop boxes. Surveillance video from Yuma County was unavailable, shielding potential ballot trafficking from forensic scrutiny and constituting an apparent violation of federal 22-month record-retention mandates. Citations Yuma County Sheriff Announces 2020

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AG Barr’s Routing of Pennsylvania Election-Fraud Complaints to Conflicted AG Shapiro (PA)

Established Fact, Pennsylvania, United States, Weaponization of Government, Willful Neglect of Duty /

Established Fact U.S. Attorney William McSwain disclosed in a June 9, 2021 letter that Attorney General Barr had instructed him to pass all Pennsylvania election-fraud reports to Pennsylvania AG Josh Shapiro – rather than investigate them independently – despite Shapiro having publicly stated before the election that he would “fight like hell” to ensure Pennsylvania

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DOJ/Election Crimes Branch Institutional Resistance to AG Barr’s Post-Election Investigation Directive (US)

Established Fact, United States, Weaponization of Government, Willful Neglect of Duty /

Established Fact DOJ Election Crimes Branch Director Richard Pilger resigned on November 9, 2020 – the same day AG Barr authorized U.S. Attorneys to investigate substantial allegations of election irregularities prior to certification. Fifteen District Election Officers (DEOs) subsequently wrote to AG Barr urging rescission of his memorandum, asserting no substantial allegations existed in their

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