cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/53708637
O’Keefe was charged alongside fellow influencer Cam Higby after they allegedly misrepresented themselves at polling places during Minnesota’s primary in August.
A Minnesota prosecutor on Wednesday charged conservative provocateur James O’Keefe and influencer Cam Higby with felony counts of unlawful voting and identity theft after they misrepresented themselves at polling places in August using the names of registered voters.
Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty, who announced the charges at a news conference, accused the pair of entering polling places during state primary election voting on Aug. 11 and identifying themselves using names of registered voters in those precincts without those voters’ knowledge or permission.
“Both men stopped short of signing the oath we all sign before receiving our ballot,” she said. “But Minnesota law states clearly that no individual shall intentionally misrepresent their identity in applying for a ballot.”
What a hilariously stupid way to fuck up your life. Well done, dickheads.
If doing blatant crimes could fuck up O’Keefe’s life, we would have stopped hearing about him long ago.
The cherry on top will be when he starts begging for a pardon and Trump DGAF about him.
It’s a state charge, so Trump can’t pardon him if he wanted to anyway.
Sadly, this guy seems to just keep getting away with all his stupid shit. Maybe this time he’ll get more that a pittance of a fine and probation, but it’s clear that he is some powerful person’s useful idiot and he’ll just get another slap on the wrist.
He’ll walk. That Nazi fuck always gets a mulligan.
Conservatives: Progressives are cheating. We’ll cheat like they do!
“Let me prove how easy it is to get away with crimes. Oh no why am I under arrest” -non billionaire republicans
It’s long past time for these slugs to spend some significant time in prison for their attempted frauds. 5 years sounds about right.