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New Mexico: Failed election candidate paid me to shoot officials, gunman says bbc
A man in the US state of New Mexico has pleaded guilty to helping a defeated Republican candidate carry out drive-by shootings at the home of Democrats.
The defendant, Demetrio Trujillo, says the candidate, Solomon Peña, hired him after failing to win a seat in the state legislature in November 2022.
Over the following weeks, the residences of several Democratic officials were attacked in Albuquerque.
Mr Peña has denied the charges against him and is due to stand trial in June.
The case comes amid fears over a rise in political violence in the US.
Trujillo, 42, was arrested last month in connection with the Albuquerque shootings in late 2022 and early 2023.
In a plea agreement with federal prosecutors, he admitted to five charges, including conspiracy, election interference and using a firearm.
In a statement, federal prosecutors said that in December 2022, Mr Peña paid Trujillo to shoot at the homes of three former election candidates to intimidate them.
In January Mr Peña and Trujillo carried out one of the planned shootings, the statement added. Trujillo is due to be sentenced later.
Mr Peña lost the election to the state legislature by nearly 50 percentage points, but alleges that the vote was "rigged".
Police say he approached the four Democrats he later targeted to pressure them to overturn the results.
At the time, Mr Peña's Twitter account suggested he may have been inspired by former president Donald Trump's false claims of election fraud.
His last message on Twitter, posted on 15 November 2022, read: "Trump just announced for 2024. I stand with him. I never conceded my [House District] race. Now researching my options."
A man in the US state of New Mexico has pleaded guilty to helping a defeated Republican candidate carry out drive-by shootings at the home of Democrats.
The defendant, Demetrio Trujillo, says the candidate, Solomon Peña, hired him after failing to win a seat in the state legislature in November 2022.
Over the following weeks, the residences of several Democratic officials were attacked in Albuquerque.
Mr Peña has denied the charges against him and is due to stand trial in June.
The case comes amid fears over a rise in political violence in the US.
Trujillo, 42, was arrested last month in connection with the Albuquerque shootings in late 2022 and early 2023.
In a plea agreement with federal prosecutors, he admitted to five charges, including conspiracy, election interference and using a firearm.
In a statement, federal prosecutors said that in December 2022, Mr Peña paid Trujillo to shoot at the homes of three former election candidates to intimidate them.
In January Mr Peña and Trujillo carried out one of the planned shootings, the statement added. Trujillo is due to be sentenced later.
Mr Peña lost the election to the state legislature by nearly 50 percentage points, but alleges that the vote was "rigged".
Police say he approached the four Democrats he later targeted to pressure them to overturn the results.
At the time, Mr Peña's Twitter account suggested he may have been inspired by former president Donald Trump's false claims of election fraud.
His last message on Twitter, posted on 15 November 2022, read: "Trump just announced for 2024. I stand with him. I never conceded my [House District] race. Now researching my options."
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They left one out:
“ Did you move in to Crimea in protest of Hunter’s involvement in Burisma which was an Obama Administration attempt to ruin Russian oil and gas? Vlad will say yes, we want free markets”
“ Did you move in to Crimea in protest of Hunter’s involvement in Burisma which was an Obama Administration attempt to ruin Russian oil and gas? Vlad will say yes, we want free markets”
“Tell us a little bit about how George Soros uses his pharmaceutical companies in Ukraine to control the world…”
Ohio AG trying to kill voting rights reform on Ohio ballot this election cycle..not because anything is wrong with the law...but because he thinks the title of it is incorrect
Ps he is doing it to try to keep Dems away from the polls
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Ps he is doing it to try to keep Dems away from the polls
Ohio Attorney General given until Monday to explain rejection of voting rights amendment to court
The Ohio Supreme Court has given Republican Attorney General Dave Yost until Monday to respond to the legal claims of the coalition of civil rights organizations that is challenging his rejection of a package of proposed voter protections they are working to place on November’s ballot.
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I am all for making sure we have 1 vote for 1 registered eligible and alive voter. With accommodations make it easy to register and obtain photo id. Have same day registration. Make a variety of photo ids (school/work/university/tribe/driver’s license) acceptable. Heck when they register to vote take their picture right there and issue an id.Ohio AG trying to kill voting rights reform on Ohio ballot this election cycle..not because anything is wrong with the law...but because he thinks the title of it is incorrect
Ps he is doing it to try to keep Dems away from the polls
Ohio Attorney General given until Monday to explain rejection of voting rights amendment to court
The Ohio Supreme Court has given Republican Attorney General Dave Yost until Monday to respond to the legal claims of the coalition of civil rights organizations that is challenging his rejection of a package of proposed voter protections they are working to place on November’s ballot.
Make in person voting begin on the second Friday before the normal Tuesday so you get 2 weekends of voting. Open up the schools on the weekends (gym or auditorium) and make this mandatory at every public school K-12. Open up Paycom/BOK/GIA or other large event/community centers or even large churches. Give people a $25 tax credit for using public/private transportation to get to these central large and accessible locations.
Make it more secure. Make it easier. Make it where more “eligible” people can vote. Then get ideas and platforms that people will support and let the chips fall. Stop w the other BS.
Agreed. Don’t care when they vote. Just show I’d to prove you are eligible and registered.
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Get home…open the laptop….two stories…
Trump had a 19M loan foam foam Daewoo who is on the short list of companies doing business in N Korea he didn’t disclose that magically got 15 million paid off when he took office….
Special counsel report says Biden willfully took classified docs and shared classified military docs with his ghost writer…and has such bad memory lapses he can’t read his own notes, knew the years he was vice president, or could recall when his son died.
USA USA USA!!!!
Trump had a 19M loan foam foam Daewoo who is on the short list of companies doing business in N Korea he didn’t disclose that magically got 15 million paid off when he took office….
Special counsel report says Biden willfully took classified docs and shared classified military docs with his ghost writer…and has such bad memory lapses he can’t read his own notes, knew the years he was vice president, or could recall when his son died.
USA USA USA!!!!
I watched Biden’s presser, this is elder abuse; meanwhile Trump continues to abuse my hearing by opening his mouth
The presser was an unmitigated disaster. Who thought that was a good idea? I’ve been saying it forever…Biden won’t be the nominee.
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