Thread by @JayShams

Officials finally found a case of a dead person voting, and it was a Republican pretending to be his dead mom to vote for Trump businessinsider.com/voter-election…

I interviewed the attorney representing the guy who pretended to be his dead mom to illegally vote for Trump. He said his client was attempting "civil disobedience." businessinsider.com/why-pennsylvan…

The attorney, Samuel Stretton, told me that Bruce Bartman plans to plead guilty once they're through with initial hearings.

Bartman faces up to 19 years in prison for election fraud and perjury. businessinsider.com/why-pennsylvan…

Stretton brought up a good point, which is that the state's safeguards failed to catch this. The dead mom's vote was successfully tallied.

It was an investigative project from the @nytimes that first caught the fraudulent vote, he said. businessinsider.com/why-pennsylvan…

Prosecutors said it's the only voter fraud case they've found after looking into hundreds of tips. businessinsider.com/why-pennsylvan…

I was wondering if Bartman actually believed in the myth that it's easy to pretend to be a dead person and vote on their behalf.

Did he try to rack up votes on behalf of Trump?

Stretton said his client wasn't thinking that deeply about it. businessinsider.com/why-pennsylvan…

An update! Turns out the Trump campaign included the dead mom in a list of "dead people voting" it sent to supporters last month. businessinsider.com/trump-campaign…

In November, the Trump campaign said it found three cases of "dead people" voting in Pennsylvania.

Only one of those cases has been proven — and the vote was for Trump.

businessinsider.com/trump-campaign…