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In reply to the discussion: How Karl Rove fixed the FBI investigation of his theft of the 2004 Presidential election in Ohio [View all]Cliff Arnebeck
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Yes to both your questions:
1) New Press, the publisher of the book, raised seed money for litigation to preserve the 2004 Ohio ballots that were being threatened with destruction.
2) Fitrakis used his advance from the publisher to partially fund Phillips and others in the creation of a digital archive of the ballots, a part of which are appended as a CD to Phillips' later book, Witness to a Crime.
3) The filing of the litigation, King Lincoln Bronzeville NA et al v Blackwell received exclusive, same day as filing, coverage by the New York Times, giving national authoritative coverage to the problem of the rigging of Presidential elections in the U.S.
4) The federal court promptly issued an order to all 88 Ohio county boards of election to preserve their 2004 ballots beyond the 22 month period required by federal law.
5) Plaintiffs amended their suit to challenge the constitutionality of a partisan Republican voter ID law designed to suppress Democratic voters, associated their suit with new plaintiffs NE Oh Coalition of the Homeless OH making the same challenge, for whom the USDC SDOhio granted declaratory relief before the 2006 election.
6) The book and suit probably affected the 2006 election in which Secretary of State Ken Blackwell was the Republican Party candidate for Governor. Democrats won for Governor, SOS and AG--all offices affected by the scandal of the 2004 Presidential election in Ohio as described in the book and our suit.
7) The new Democratic AG negotiated a settlement concept that contemplated, among other things, the AG pursuing an investigation of the election irregularities in the 2004 Ohio election.
8) The Democratic SOS moved to lift the stay placed upon the litigation while the settlement was being worked out to get an order for an accounting of all 2004 ballots and the movement of all surviving ballots to Columbus under her custody and control.
9) We moved lift the stay for limited discovery to permit us to put together a RICO claim against Rove and the US Chamber of Commerce for engaging in a pattern of corrupt election activity and proceeded to take the deposition of Mike Connell, Karl Rove's IT guru pursuant to the order of US District Judge Solomon Oliver oft he Northern District of Ohio on the day before the 2008 general election.
10) We successfully served a deposition subpoena upon Karl Rove and document subpoenas upon the U. S. Chamber of Commerce before the 2010 general election with the cooperation of Defendant Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner.