As the election cycle enters an urgent, final five weeks, both Democrats and Republicans are engaging in questionable tactics that threaten to subvert the democratic process by trying to shape the ballot through deceptive means.
FILE - Eric Hovde , a Republican businessman and real estate mogul launched, announces he is running for U.S. Senate against Wisconsin Democratic incumbent Sen. Tammy Baldwin, Feb. 20, 2024, in Madison, Wis. FILE - Protesters gather for a rally against Gov. Tony Evers’ extended stay-at-home order due to COVID-19, at the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison, Wis., April 24, 2020. FILE - This undated booking photo provided by the Delaware Department of Justice shows Barry Croft Jr. Croft Jr.
Leager told the AP he was recruited last year to run by operatives who said they were with the Patriots Run Project. That group promoted itself as a pro-Trump grassroots movement that attacked both parties and urged conservatives to run for office as independents.was supported by Democratic firms and donors who worked to install several pro-Trump independent candidates in key House races. Most of them were disabled, retired or both.
“Whoever it is, I think that project is going down sooner or later,” said Wiederien, who was among several recruited to run through the group’s network of now-shuttered Facebook pages.The Associated Press is the most trusted source of information on election night, with a history of accuracy dating to 1848.The Patriots Run Project is not a registered business, nonprofit organization or political committee.
Leager was subpoenaed to testify at a 2022 trial for four defendants and exercised his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination after a judge found he had legal exposure. A prosecutor said at that hearing Leager was “under investigation for a similar plot involving a different” politician, had encouraged violence against the FBI on his podcast, and had invited armed protesters to appear outside a courthouse in an effort to intimidate jurors. Leager has denied supporting violence.
“I was the Wisconsin target for the FBI in the Whitmer case. We just happened to slip through their nets,” Leager said in March on “The Free Men Report,” a show he streams on Rumble.
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