On Thursday (10), the Georgia House of Representatives held a hearing on alleged fraud in the 2020 election, which was overseen by the state House Governmental Affairs Committee, but the Secretary of State of the State of Joe declined to attend.
Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has not yet provided an explanation for his non-participation in the hearing. Gabriel Sterling, voting systems manager for the Secretary of State’s office, has responded to news of their absence from the hearing on Twitter.
Sterling explained that their legal counsel advised them not to attend because of pending litigation. He also argued that Trump’s legal team was invited to the hearing and accused the team of constantly “spreading false information” that is “putting lives at risk.
However, Sterling did not further explain what he meant by “life-threatening.
In response to the refusal of Joe State officials to attend the hearing, attorney Lin Wood also tweeted that the secretary of state could not be summoned unless a special session of the Legislature was called.
“Secretary of State Laffensperger was scheduled to testify at the House hearing on election day election fraud. He just withdrew and cannot be subpoenaed unless a special session is called.” Lyn Wood said, “What a saving grace for Gov. (Brian Kemp) to refuse to call a special session. Patriots need answers.”
Attorney Lin Wood also released an impressive video specifically to emphasize that the bad guys don’t win.
Trump’s attorney, Rudy Giuliani, attended the hearing by videoconference as he is still recovering and in quarantine after contracting the Chinese Communist virus. He and two witnesses read copies of sworn testimony. J. Christian Adams, president and general counsel of the Public Interest Legal Foundation, a conservative legal group, laid out a list of flaws regarding the mail-in ballot.
Overall, Adams said, mail-in voting is bad because it disenfranchises voters, undermines transparency, creates loopholes and storage problems, and lacks centralized oversight. He noted that there is no way to correct mail-in ballots, and voters have no way to confirm that they were actually received.
Matt Braynard, a leading data expert, presented a list of more than 460,000 “illegal ballots” to the House committee as a witness, including ballots cast by felons, minors, deceased or out-of-state voters. Brainard noted that 305,701 of those ballots were submitted too early by mail and 66,247 voters were minors.
Joe State House Speaker David Ralston also proposed at the hearing that the Georgia Constitution be amended to change the selection process for the Secretary of State so that the General Assembly would elect the Secretary of State.
Ralston said the change is necessary to ensure that the secretary of state’s office remains accountable to the people and faithfully carries out its duties in accordance with the laws passed by the General Assembly, saying it is “the only way to right the ship.
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