Thread by @LeonHWolf

I have been spending virtually all day reading through this stack of affidavits the Trump campaign provided regarding voter irregularities in Michigan. Some of the stuff should be investigated, but a lot of the stuff is... this.

"I can confirm that I was made to stay six feet away from the table but sometimes I didn't."

Thanks for your input.

There are a bunch of indications that these affidavits were not thoroughly checked before being released to the entire world. Although the names of voters (where identified in the affidavit) are usually redacted, I have caught some instances where they are not.

This isn't a reflection on the validity vel non of the fraud claims, but it is a poor reflection on the attorneys who assisted with this process and have now put voters' private information out into the internet for everyone to see. Bad look.

Then there is also this, which is a pretty clear indication that they prompted folks on what questions to answer in their affidavits. Nothing per se unethical about that, but on one of the affidavits, they neglected to remove the question prompt.

This is probably the highest profile case these lawyers will ever litigate and it's disappointing to see this level of just... blatant sloppiness.

Attorney Wayne Jarvis is not impressed

Have finished my review and cataloguing project. Story to come shortly. I know you're all on tenterhooks.

Annnnnd here we go. theblaze.com/news/affidavit…

Here's the tl;dr: I think that what's described here doesn't really come close to establishing anything that is going to stop this election from being certified. The sum total allegations seem to pertain to less than 1,000 ballots, even if we accept them all as true. 1/

I'm talking actual allegations of behavior that would serve as evidence of probable fraud. There's some stuff that I think the state should answer for (and I'm awaiting comment from them on those things) fraud-wise but just not enough votes worth. 2/

It also is definitely true that a huge, huge portion of these affidavits detail complaints that are not related to fraud or that allege, in conclusory terms, an "atmosphere of intimidation" at the TCF Center. 3/

It's also true that some (most) of the allegations concern behavior that isn't either illegal or improper. A huge number of them deal solely with observers who were mad they couldn't get in the building, a story that has been addressed ad nauseam. 4/

But if even half the claims about how Republican observers were treated is true (people refusing to answer their questions, people deliberately blocking their view, people calling them names) then those aren't things that should have occurred. 5/

Also, a siginificant thing to me is that a large, large number of the affiants stated that the ballot duplication process was not being done with a GOP observer. Most of them claim that they were specifically told they were not allowed to observe. 6/

Of note, the city issued a denial that this occurred. In my opinion, this should be investigated because there are a large, large number of people who have sworn to it at this point. 7/

The really and truly difficult thing to evaluate, from these affidavits, is the extent to which GOP observers were meaningfully kept from observing things they should have been allowed to observe. 8/

That's definitely a claim of a lot of the affidavits and if it is true (that beyond enforcing social distancing, Democrat observers deliberately used their bodies to obscure machines so Republicans couldn't read) then that's also a problem. 9/

Now, the county has already said that it was only enforcing normal social distancing guidelines. But it's difficult to know without having been there. 10/

And, you know, that's kind of the crux of the thing, because it leads to the speculation that the only reason they don't have more evidence is because they were actively prevented from getting more. 11/

As I've said, I don't think it would have been possible for Dems to have added tens of thousands of votes even with the use of really egregious and obvious widespread fraud. 12/