Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Wednesday (Jan. 13) that they have arrested Rachel Rodriguez, a woman suspected of election fraud, and faces up to 20 years in prison.
The suspect, Rachel Rodriguez, was arrested Wednesday on several felony counts of election fraud, illegal voting, unlawful assistance in voting by mail and unlawful possession of an official ballot. She faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison under Texas election law.
Paxton appealed the Nov. 3 presidential election to the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing that serious fraud was involved, but was denied. Paxton said the arrest of Rodriguez is hard evidence that the election was fraudulent.
“Many people are still saying election fraud doesn’t exist,” Paxton said in a statement, “and we know that’s false and misleading, and (Wednesday) we have other hard evidence.”
“This (arrest) is a victory for election integrity and sends a strong signal that anyone who attempts to defraud the people of Texas, attempts to disenfranchise them or undermines the integrity of elections will be brought to justice.” Paxton said.
Conservative activist James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas, which previously released a videotape of Rodriguez, sparked the investigation.
O’Keefe, whose first video has received more than 4.2 million views, criticized social media for aiding election fraud: “How much attention this video would have gotten if Twitter hadn’t been desperately trying to block the spread of information that election fraud is real.”
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