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ABC News on 11/11 cited information from aides in the United States Congress, saying that a Pennsylvania post office employee withdrew allegations that his superiors tried to change the date of the votes cast. Sent after Election Day (Nov 3).
Accordingly, Richard Hopkins, a postal official in Erie, Pennsylvania, stated in an affidavit that he had heard his managers discuss a plan to seal the mail on the ballots sent. arrive after November 3 until before this date, in order to convert these votes into valid votes and counted in the counting process.
President Trump with his campaign rejected the projected media results that Joe Biden was the winner. Hopkins’ allegations were forwarded to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, who referred the matter to the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for further action. research.
However, Mr. Hopkins withdrew his claims upon receiving federal investigators from the Bureau of the Post and Telecommunications Commission, based on his leadership on the Board of Supervisors and Corrections. 11/10 of the House of Representatives.
“Investigators informed the Commission team today that they interviewed Mr. Hopkins on Friday (November 6), but Hopkins ACCEPTS MY MANDATORY Yesterday (9/11) and without explaining why he signed a false affidavit,” the Committee on House Oversight, controlled by Democrats, posted the message on Twitter on November 10.
Vote counting scene at the Pennsylvania Convention Center on Election Day November 3, 2020 (Image: Rachel Wisniewski / Reuters)
A U.S. Department of Justice official told ABC News on November 9 that Attorney General William Barr had mentioned allegations of postponing the stamp date on Pennsylvania’s ballot papers to the FBI for further investigation, along with the accusations. forced related to invalid voters in the state of Nevada.
On September 9, Barr tasked federal prosecutors with investigating evidence of possible election violations that could affect election results.
“The US Postal Service acknowledged the allegations [của Richard Hopkins] on Friday, November 6. The information was immediately transferred to the Office of Postal Supervision and the Office of the Superintendent, and the matter is still under investigation, “a spokesman for the United States Postal Service told ABC.
The Hopkins indictment was cited by the Trump campaign in a federal lawsuit on Sept. 11 that prevented Pennsylvania from confirming the state’s election results, and a statistical victory goes to Biden.
“He (Hopkins) filed a very detailed affidavit. He pointed out a lot of names. He described the situation. And we don’t know how under pressure he’s been since.” make such public statements, “said Trump campaign spokesman Tim Murtaugh on the night of November 10.
Matt Morgan, a campaign attorney, said Hopkins’s testimony “represented only a fraction of the 243 complaints” filed with the court.
