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LetMyPeopleVote

(165,903 posts)
Wed Apr 20, 2022, 04:14 PM Apr 2022

Dr. Hotze indicted in Harris County in connection with violent attempt to prove voter fraud

This makes me happy
http://quorumreport.com/quorum_report_daily_buzz_2022/dr_hotze_indicted_in_harris_county_in_connection_w_buzziid31002.html

Here is now the incident funded by Dr. Steve Hotze was reported back in December by NPR:

An ex-captain in the Houston Police Department was arrested for allegedly running a man off the road and assaulting him in an attempt to prove a bizarre voter-fraud conspiracy pushed by a right-wing organization.

The suspect, Mark Anthony Aguirre, told police he was part of a group of private citizens investigating claims of the massive fraud allegedly funded by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and involving election ballots forged by Hispanic children. He said the plot was underway in Harris County, Texas, prior to the Nov. 3 election.

Aguirre said he was working for the group Liberty Center for God and Country when, on Oct. 19, he pulled a gun on a man who he believed was the mastermind of the scheme. His victim, identified as "DL" in the police affidavit, is an air-conditioner repairman. Authorities found no evidence that he was involved in any fraud scheme claimed by Aguirre.
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Dr. Hotze indicted in Harris County in connection with violent attempt to prove voter fraud (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote Apr 2022 OP
Attorney for Hotze confirms his client has been criminally indicted by Harris Co. Grand Jury LetMyPeopleVote Apr 2022 #1
That's what Brainwashed will Cha Apr 2022 #3
Got admit. I snort laughed when I read about fake ballots forged by Hispanic children Walleye Apr 2022 #2
You weren't the only one! Maeve Apr 2022 #4
LOL CurtEastPoint Apr 2022 #7
😂 Walleye Apr 2022 #9
Me too, cause that's so weird. In this neighborhood it's Natan, Salita, Jorge txwhitedove Apr 2022 #11
the poor guy barbtries Apr 2022 #18
Next election, I'm afraid Mr.Bill Apr 2022 #5
Same here Rebl2 Apr 2022 #8
I have said that election Day riots or how you know it's a Third World country Walleye Apr 2022 #10
Every state should be like Colorado - colorado_ufo Apr 2022 #12
Of course. Mr.Bill Apr 2022 #13
I agree but, gab13by13 Apr 2022 #14
Sounds kinda like NC. barbtries Apr 2022 #17
May he rot in jail. sheshe2 Apr 2022 #6
Steven Hotze charged for funding voter fraud investigation where repairman was held at gunpoint LetMyPeopleVote Apr 2022 #15
I remember when this happened malaise Apr 2022 #16
"People don't change, they become more of who they really are" - my wife TexLaProgressive Apr 2022 #19
Another member-in-good-standing of Jerk-R-Us. calimary Apr 2022 #20
"Dr. Hotze indicted in Harris County in connection with violent attempt to COMMIT voter fraud" Grokenstein Apr 2022 #21
They really are Nazis mountain grammy Apr 2022 #22
K&R brer cat Apr 2022 #23

txwhitedove

(4,132 posts)
11. Me too, cause that's so weird. In this neighborhood it's Natan, Salita, Jorge
Wed Apr 20, 2022, 05:32 PM
Apr 2022

and Alejandro. They would not be filling out ballots, but they did have fun pretending to tear down Trump's Wall...with my redheaded grandson.

barbtries

(30,576 posts)
18. the poor guy
Wed Apr 20, 2022, 06:06 PM
Apr 2022

he must have seemed insane to him.

my mother had a saying, might as well laugh as cry. this is one of those times.

colorado_ufo

(6,090 posts)
12. Every state should be like Colorado -
Wed Apr 20, 2022, 05:37 PM
Apr 2022

mail in ballots for everything. Stay home and keep your gun there.

Mr.Bill

(24,906 posts)
13. Of course.
Wed Apr 20, 2022, 05:46 PM
Apr 2022

That's probably why the republicans are working so hard to make everyone think that all mail-in votes are fraudulent. One of the biggest lies they are using.

gab13by13

(28,741 posts)
14. I agree but,
Wed Apr 20, 2022, 05:50 PM
Apr 2022

Pa. passed a law making no excuse absentee ballots illegal. I sent my application in long ago, it is sitting in my county election office waiting on the Pa. Supreme Court to rule on the law. The SC was supposed to have made a ruling 3 weeks ago. Pa. primary is may 17th.

I don't worry about guns at polling sites, I worry about Magat election officials failing to certify the winning candidate. Democrats better be ready. Republicans learned from coup 1.0, don't wait to steal the election, do it at the local level.

The insurrection didn't stop on 1/6, it is on going.

barbtries

(30,576 posts)
17. Sounds kinda like NC.
Wed Apr 20, 2022, 06:05 PM
Apr 2022

I'm not risking absentee on 17May, I'll just go to my polling place unless I vote early.

LetMyPeopleVote

(165,903 posts)
15. Steven Hotze charged for funding voter fraud investigation where repairman was held at gunpoint
Wed Apr 20, 2022, 05:52 PM
Apr 2022

This will be fun to watch



https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/crime/article/Steven-Hotze-gop-activist-voter-fraud-17108934.php?utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=twitter.com

Steven Hotze, the far-right agitator who funded a private investigation into voter fraud that ended with a private investigator pointing a gun at an innocent air conditioning repairman, has been indicted for his role in the episode.

A Harris County grand jury has indicted Hotze for charges of unlawful restraint and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, according to his attorney, Gary Polland.

The former police officer whom Hotze hired, Mark Aguirre, was indicted on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon late last year. Terry Yates, who represents Aguirre, said he has been re-indicted on the same charges as Hotze......

Even after Aguirre’s indictment, the organization has sought donations for more investigations. Hotze hosted a “Freedom Gala” fundraiser April 2 in Houston with Attorney General Ken Paxton and Mike Lindell, the MyPillow executive who has pushed former President Donald Trump’s lie that the 2020 election was stolen.

TexLaProgressive

(12,564 posts)
19. "People don't change, they become more of who they really are" - my wife
Wed Apr 20, 2022, 06:25 PM
Apr 2022

I had the pleasure of attending high school with this slimeball. Good job, Steve. Hotze in the hot zeat!

Steven Hotze, the conservative activist who funded a private investigation into voter fraud that ended with the investigator pointing a gun at an innocent air conditioning repairman, has been indicted for his role in the episode.

A Harris County grand jury indicted Hotze on charges of unlawful restraint and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, according to his attorney, Gary Polland.


https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/crime/article/Steven-Hotze-gop-activist-voter-fraud-17108934.php

Grokenstein

(6,063 posts)
21. "Dr. Hotze indicted in Harris County in connection with violent attempt to COMMIT voter fraud"
Wed Apr 20, 2022, 06:54 PM
Apr 2022

There we go, that's better.

mountain grammy

(27,965 posts)
22. They really are Nazis
Wed Apr 20, 2022, 07:35 PM
Apr 2022

In the truest meaning of the word and they could “win”. Watching campaign ads here in AZ is terrifying.

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