MAGA Assclown Mike Lindell is reportedly assisting a Colorado elections official suspected of leaking the passwords for Dominion Voting Systems equipment in her charge to an 8Chan shithead who went ahead and published them online. That Mesa County clerk, Tina Peters, is reportedly hiding out in a safe house provided by pillow salesman and conspiracy theorist Mike Lindell. If Peters is indeed being sought by the FBI for questioning in connection to the breach of Mesa’s election equipment, and Lindell is in fact concealing her whereabouts, then the concealment of Peters constitutes a conspiracy against the federal government.
This story is a perfect example of why federal law enforcement agencies need to start getting more aggressive in cracking down on fascism enthusiasts. American Democracy is on the line and if the Justice Department doesn’t start cracking heads (literally or figuratively, either ways is fine) these idiots are only going to become even more emboldened, just like Hitler was when he only got 8 months in prison for sticking a revolver in the face of a trio of German officials.
It is a federal crime to release voting machine information in a manner that could compromise the ability of a state or municipality to hold elections in a timely manner. It is also a Federal crime to attempt to evade Federal authorities for the purpose of avoiding giving testimony. It is a Federal crime to conspire with another person for the purpose of committing a felony. The charge related to the leaking of voting machine passwords may be charged under 18 U.S. Code § 595 – Interference by administrative employees of Federal, State, or Territorial Governments. That section makes it a crime for any Federal, State or municipal employee, engaged in activity that is funded in whole, or in part by the Federal Government (the Federal Government regularly subsidizes the purchase of voting equipment by the states) to engage in any activity that will impact the election of any Federal Candidate. Because the leak of password data will likely require that large numbers of voting machines be “re-flashed” and equipped with new passwords, there is a very real potential that Peters’s actions could delay elections, or at the very least mandate expenses that will limit the ability of Mesa County to secure the employees and equipment necessary to register and communicate with voters, and process election results in a timely fashion.
Peters’ evasion of Federal authorities may be charged under 18 U.S. Code § 1073 – Flight to avoid prosecution or giving testimony. That statute states: “Whoever moves or travels in interstate or foreign commerce with intent… (2) to avoid giving testimony in any criminal proceedings in such place in which the commission of an offense… is a felony under the laws of such place, is charged… shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. That part’s pretty straight-forward. The inclusion of the conspiracy charge cited next means the § 595 charge listed above, as well as the § 1073 charge would also apply to Mike Lindell. Participation in a criminal conspiracy results in all charges being applied to both parties.
The conspiracy charge that applies is 18 U.S. Code § 371 – Conspiracy to commit offense or to defraud United States. That section states: “If two or more persons conspire either to commit any offense against the United States, or to defraud the United States, or any agency thereof in any manner or for any purpose, and one or more of such persons do any act to effect the object of the conspiracy, each shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.” The government employs a very broad definition of the term “defraud”, that “…means primarily to cheat the Government out of property or money, but it also means to interfere with or obstruct one of its lawful governmental functions by deceit, craft or trickery, or at least by means that are dishonest. It is not necessary that the Government shall be subjected to property or pecuniary loss by the fraud, but only that its legitimate official action and purpose shall be defeated by misrepresentation, chicane or the overreaching of those charged with carrying out the governmental intention.”
So here we have a case where a crime is clearly being committed. The relevant sections of the US Title Code speak to the crime committed in a matter that is not at all ambiguous. The parties involved have confessed to their crimes via social media, and are openly boasting of having taken part in these acts. Let’s see if the government finally decides to step up and actually enforce our laws. Honestly, I’m getting really tired of having laws that apply in one way to liberals and minorities, and which don’t seem to apply at all to white conservatives.