Thread by @arapaho415

@ThomasS4217 1/ Did Lori Osiecki meet w/Giuliani at the same time as Jacob "Q-Shaman" Chansley, likely on Nov 30, 2020? (@MsMariaT may be able to confirm) more...
@clearing_fog @gal_suburban @j2dumfounded @leesgirl9 @satirehat @TeresaCCarter2 @trcfwtt @YDanasmithdutra

https://twitter.com/MsMariaT/status/1347005086057156614

@ThomasS4217 @MsMariaT @clearing_fog @gal_suburban @j2dumfounded @leesgirl9 @satirehat @TeresaCCarter2 @trcfwtt @YDanasmithdutra 2/ "The Arizona group that sent the [AZ electoral certification] forgery, called 'AZ Protect the Vote,' is a 👉sovereign citizen group👈. "Lori Osiecki...leads the group." h/t⤴️ @ThomasS4217 (more...)
Jan 12, 2022:
rollingstone.com/politics/polit…

@ThomasS4217 @MsMariaT @clearing_fog @gal_suburban @j2dumfounded @leesgirl9 @satirehat @TeresaCCarter2 @trcfwtt @YDanasmithdutra 3/ AZ state representative Mark Finchem, who is currently a candidate for AZ Secretary of State👀 (see downthread) "took more than $6,000 from the Trump campaign in Dec 2020...
Feb 7, 2021 thread⤵️ which describes Finchem recruiting Oath Keepers in 2014:

https://twitter.com/dfriedman33/status/1358431290710712325

@ThomasS4217 @MsMariaT @clearing_fog @gal_suburban @j2dumfounded @leesgirl9 @satirehat @TeresaCCarter2 @trcfwtt @YDanasmithdutra 4/ ...as he was pushing fellow state lawmakers to overturn the Nov [2020] election results👀, the Arizona Republic reported Saturday [Feb 6, 2021]. The payment to state Rep. Mark Finchem was disclosed in the Trump campaign’s latest...
Feb 7, 2021:
motherjones.com/politics/2021/…

@ThomasS4217 @MsMariaT @clearing_fog @gal_suburban @j2dumfounded @leesgirl9 @satirehat @TeresaCCarter2 @trcfwtt @YDanasmithdutra 5/ ...financial disclosure, which listed the money as being paid on Dec 18, 2020 in exchange for 'recount👀: legal consulting*.'
Finchem claims the payment was a reimbursement for 'crowd control and security costs' for a meeting...
*"legal consulting = chatting with Giuliani?

@ThomasS4217 @MsMariaT @clearing_fog @gal_suburban @j2dumfounded @leesgirl9 @satirehat @TeresaCCarter2 @trcfwtt @YDanasmithdutra 6/ ...held at a downtown Phoenix hotel Nov 30 [2020] with the former president’s lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, the paper said.
The payment was made to a company registered to the lawmaker’s [Finchem's] house. Records on file with the state show the firm was formed in 2008...

@ThomasS4217 @MsMariaT @clearing_fog @gal_suburban @j2dumfounded @leesgirl9 @satirehat @TeresaCCarter2 @trcfwtt @YDanasmithdutra 7/ ...to provide 'Real Estate Sales & Management,' but it’s not clear what it is currently doing, if anything. The Republic noted that the company was not listed in the legislator’s most recent disclosures, as required, and that Finchem did not answer questions...

@ThomasS4217 @MsMariaT @clearing_fog @gal_suburban @j2dumfounded @leesgirl9 @satirehat @TeresaCCarter2 @trcfwtt @YDanasmithdutra 8/ ...about the omission. The paper also reported that Finchem is, in fact, not a lawyer, but is enrolled at the University of Arizona’s James E. Rogers College of Law."
"Finchem was at the US Capitol on Jan 6..." 2021. (more...)

@ThomasS4217 @MsMariaT @clearing_fog @gal_suburban @j2dumfounded @leesgirl9 @satirehat @TeresaCCarter2 @trcfwtt @YDanasmithdutra 9/ "Accountable[.]Us, a Washington, DC-based progressive advocacy group, told the [AZ] Republic in a statement that the [tfg campaign] payment should be explained to understand 'how it influenced his official work as a legislator to try and overturn a free and fair election.'

@ThomasS4217 @MsMariaT @clearing_fog @gal_suburban @j2dumfounded @leesgirl9 @satirehat @TeresaCCarter2 @trcfwtt @YDanasmithdutra 10/ "Mark Finchem (R) is a member of the Arizona House of Representatives, representing District 11. He assumed office on January 5, 2015. His current term ends on January 9, 2023.
Finchem (R) is running for election for Arizona Secretary of State...
ballotpedia.org/Mark_Finchem

@ThomasS4217 @MsMariaT @clearing_fog @gal_suburban @j2dumfounded @leesgirl9 @satirehat @TeresaCCarter2 @trcfwtt @YDanasmithdutra 11/ ...He declared candidacy for the Republican primary scheduled on Aug 2, 2022."
Finchem has survived 2 recall efforts in 2021☹️.
"Supporters of both recalls had to collect 24,775 signatures to require a recall election." (more)
ballotpedia.org/Mark_Finchem_r…

@ThomasS4217 @MsMariaT @clearing_fog @gal_suburban @j2dumfounded @leesgirl9 @satirehat @TeresaCCarter2 @trcfwtt @YDanasmithdutra 12/ ""According to the AZ Mirror, the group behind the recall efforts ended their campaign to recall Finchem in mid-Jun [2021] after they determined they wouldn't be able to collect the required signatures by the...deadline(s). (con't)

@ThomasS4217 @MsMariaT @clearing_fog @gal_suburban @j2dumfounded @leesgirl9 @satirehat @TeresaCCarter2 @trcfwtt @YDanasmithdutra 13/
▸The 1st recall effort started on Mar 4, 2021. Signatures for the recall were due Jul 2, 2021.
▸The 2nd recall effort began on Mar 10, 2021. Signatures for the recall were due Jul 8, 2021.
The recall efforts accused Finchem of spreading voter fraud conspiracy theories...

@ThomasS4217 @MsMariaT @clearing_fog @gal_suburban @j2dumfounded @leesgirl9 @satirehat @TeresaCCarter2 @trcfwtt @YDanasmithdutra 14/ ...about the 2020 presidential race as well as his involvement in the Jan 6 breach on the US Capitol. Finchem admits that he attended the 'Stop the Steal' rally that preceded the breach on the US Capitol but denies that he participated in the violence. (con't)

@ThomasS4217 @MsMariaT @clearing_fog @gal_suburban @j2dumfounded @leesgirl9 @satirehat @TeresaCCarter2 @trcfwtt @YDanasmithdutra 15/ ...82 ethics complaints were filed against Finchem for his involvement in the breach on the US Capitol but 👉all of them were dismissed🙄 by the state House Ethics Committee and its Chairwoman Becky Nutt (R)👈."
AZ GQP in lockstep. /end