Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.)
written Friday's op-ed criticized the FBI and other federal agencies for their apparent indifference to threats to the integrity of American elections posed by illegal aliens, Democratic Party “smurfing” operations, and political actors within the intelligence agencies. He lashed out at the intelligence agencies.
In a classified meeting for U.S. senators on September 25, FBI Director Christopher Wray, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, and CISA Director Jen Easterly reportedly spoke about foreign powers seeking to interfere in the upcoming election. They reportedly talked about the initiative.
Prime Minister Johnson said he had heard nothing new about foreign threats, apart from a few details, and “certainly nothing that should be considered or kept secret.”
The senator went on to say that while intelligence community leaders have been candid about possible foreign threats, they have “pronounced the most egregious example of election interference in our lifetime and the greatest threat to the integrity of the 2024 election.” “It says nothing about any serious threat.”
“There is already a lot of evidence that illegal immigrants are registering.”
For example, he reportedly remained silent regarding allegations of Democratic Party campaign finance fraud.
smurfing
Johnson suggested he asked Wray what the FBI was doing to investigate Democrats.
Surfing — A money laundering technique in which large sums of money are distributed in smaller portions to avoid regulatory reporting standards or detection.
chronicle
noticed In the election context, smurfing is used to launder illegal donations to political campaigns, sometimes through identity theft, to circumvent campaign restrictions.
“This clear violation of campaign finance laws
First revealed in March 2023 According to investigative journalists, james o'keefe. Thousands of low-value donations were allegedly attributed to individuals without their knowledge using Democratic Party donation platform ActBlue, with one instance resulting in 5,776 donations totaling $754,124. ,” Johnson wrote.
In late August, South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson (R) expressed similar concerns about ActBlue in a letter to the group's CEO Regina Wallace Jones. did.
south carolina daily report
reported In his letter, Wilson cited specific examples of donors in the state making “incredible and highly questionable” numbers of small donations.
“Alarmingly, some of these individuals list their occupation as 'unemployed' or work in a job that is not reasonably commensurate with the total economic contribution made by others in a similar position. “Some people have even reported on it,” Wilson wrote. “This allegation also raises the question of whether donations were made without the reported donor's consent or knowledge, which is equally concerning.”
Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares
caused concern Citing the fraudulent activity with ActBlue in August, his office stated that “ActBlue, ActBlue Civics, Inc., and ActBlue Charities, Inc. have engaged in fraudulent, deceptive, and/or other illegal conduct.'' “We are aware of multiple serious allegations that the United States has made hundreds of thousands of dollars in contributions through private donors in the Commonwealth, amounts that are at first glance difficult to believe.” Looks suspicious. ”
ActBlue responded to the first lawsuit with a statement claiming that “these false so-called 'claims' are intentionally designed to mislead the public.”
Sen. Johnson said Wray “appeared to be ignorant about the issue” during the confidential briefing and gave no indication that the FBI was investigating the matter.
illegal voter
Although the meeting ended before Mr. Johnson could ask a question about illegal alien voter registration, Mr. Johnson nevertheless made his concerns clear in an op-ed, saying, “Democrats have no right to vote just because non-citizens are ineligible to vote.'' Don't harbor any illusions that you don't have rights.” He is willing to ignore that legal technicality in order to win the election. We already have plenty of evidence that illegal immigrants are registering, sometimes without their knowledge. ”
The senator mentioned that cancel Of the approximately 500 registered noncitizen voters in Ohio. Other states have similarly found non-citizens on their voter rolls.
August, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin (Republican)
issued a presidential order In early August, it removed more than 6,000 noncitizens from the electorate who had “accidentally or maliciously attempted to register.”
“Federal law enforcement will have no interest in investigating these crimes.”
“You may call me crazy, but I think elections in America should be decided by the American people, and elections in Virginia should be decided by Virginians,” Youngkin said.
said In an interview.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced weeks later that Texas had removed more than 1 million ineligible voters from its voter rolls, including 6,500 non-citizens.
oregon state officials
I was hospitalized last month More than 1,200 non-citizens were registered to vote, and nine of them were found to have already voted.
Heritage Foundation Monitoring Project
Video of the problem released In July, a small number of noncitizens in Georgia were shown to be registering to vote.
“The outcome of the 2024 election will be difficult to determine, given that the system has been exploited and is nearly impossible to audit in the short term.”
said monitoring project.
“President Biden has directed federal departments to open borders and register voters,” Johnson wrote, apparently referring to Biden Executive Order 14019. Based on last Wednesday's press conference, I am confident that federal law enforcement is also not interested in investigating these crimes. ”
No responsibility for intelligence letters
In addition to highlighting “egregious examples” of election interference that he believes will impact the 2024 election, Mr Johnson also reflected on cases that proved to have had a significant impact on the 2020 presidential election. Ta.
Prime Minister Johnson said what he called the most egregious example of election interference in recent memory was “requested by current Secretary of State Antony Blinken, prepared by former CIA Deputy Director Mike Morrell, and directed by then-CIA Director Gina. “A letter prepared in a hurry.'' Haspel. ”
The New York Post reports that the 2020 election is less than a month away.
reported It raised a variety of questions about the incriminating contents of Hunter Biden's laptop, as well as then-candidate Joe Biden's questionable ties to Ukraine, in particular.
The report could easily sink Biden and his campaign. However, elements of the intelligence community hostile to President Donald Trump took action all at once.
release In an October 19, 2020 open letter, the Hunter Biden laptop incident “includes all the classic hallmarks of a Russian information operation” aimed at damaging the Democratic candidate. ' he claimed.
Michael Morell, one of the former CIA directors mentioned later by Biden.
testified He told Congress that he designed the letter to “help Vice President Biden” and, more specifically, “help Vice President Biden win the election.”
House Judiciary Committee, Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, and Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
revealed The June report said former acting CIA Director Michael Morell and former CIA Inspector General David Buckley were active contractors with top-secret CIA clearance at the time they signed the letter.
Blaze News previously reported that none of the intelligence officials appeared to have seen evidence of the statements before signing the letter, and that none of the signatories have since expressed remorse.
Mr. Biden repeatedly used misleading letters, including during his Oct. 22 debate with Mr. Trump.
said“Look, there's 50 former national intelligence officials who say what he's accusing me of is a Russian plan. They say this has all the hallmarks of — – Four or five former CIA directors from both parties are saying that what he's saying is crap, and no one believes it except him and his best friend Rudy Giuliani. ”
In his op-ed, Johnson emphasized that the FBI seized Hunter Biden's laptop about a year ago and “knew full well it was real.”
“That letter itself was 'US intelligence,'” Johnson wrote. “And it worked very well. Because of that letter, the Hunter Biden laptop issue was effectively covered up as Russian disinformation and Joe Biden became president.”
ODNI and the FBI did not respond to Blaze News' requests for comment.
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