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Georgia Trump indictment invokes justice for election workers (thehill.com)
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Sprinkled throughout the sweeping Georgia indictment covering every aspect of former President Trump’s effort to overturn the state’s 2020 election are references to one woman: poll worker Ruby Freeman.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Sprinkled throughout the sweeping Georgia indictment covering every aspect of former President Trump’s effort to overturn the state’s 2020 election are references to one woman: poll worker Ruby Freeman.

A month later, Floyd recruited Trevian Kutti — a former publicist for rapper and Trump ally Ye, previously known as Kanye West — to join their efforts, according to the indictment.

The false claims of election fraud that rapidly spread through Trump’s orbit and right-wing spaces caused Freeman and Moss to face harassment and threats they have said altered their lives.

Freeman and Moss have sued Giuliani themselves for defamation over his election fraud claims, which a series of probes led by three law enforcement agencies found “were false and unsubstantiated.”

But Keyes Fleming said there’s another important distinction about having the false statements about Freeman addressed in a criminal case versus a civil defamation suit where the two women could receive monetary damages.

Though Trump’s efforts to subvert Georgia’s election results ultimately failed, the indictment makes clear his and his allies’ alleged actions were “not a victimless crime at all,” Segall said.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

How could this be a victimless crime either way? Attempting to subvert our democracy not only was an infringement on voting rights (victims). It also was an attempt to put a tyrant in charge of the U.S. military and economy, something very bad for most everyone on earth.

The election workers are the more obvious victims but this was never a victimless crime.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

We were all victims. Every U.S. citizen.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Bad bot, this summary doesn't make sense.