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| Ex Congressman Sentenced for Vote Fraud |
| 2022-09-30 |
| [PatriotAlerts] former U.S. Rep. Michael "Ozzie" Myers, a Pennsylvania Democrat, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to deprive voters of civil rights, bribery, obstruction of justice, falsification of voting records, conspiring to illegally vote in a federal election, and orchestrating schemes to fraudulently stuff ballot boxes for specific Democrat candidates in Pennsylvania elections held from 2014 to 2018. Myers was sentenced Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Paul S. Diamond to 30 months in prison, three years supervised release, and ordered to pay $100,000 in fines, with $10,000 of that due immediately, according to a statement from U.S. Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero. Directly after Tuesday’s Philadelphia hearing, Myers, 79, was taken into custody. Myers served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1979 until 1980 when he was caught taking bribes in an FBI sting operation. That was part of an old, completed investigation. Tuesday’s sentencing was a new matter in which Myers admitted that he bribed Domenick J. Demuro, a Democrat Judge of Elections for the 39th Ward, 36th Division in South Philadelphia, over several years to add votes for certain Democrat candidates. Some candidates’ campaigns had hired Myers, and others were candidates that he favored. He admitted that he was paid consulting fees in cash or checks, then used portions of these funds to pay election officials to tamper with election results. This included judicial seats and various federal, state, and local offices. Myers also admitted to conspiring to commit election fraud with another former Judge of Elections, Democrat Marie Beren, in the 39th Ward, 2nd Division in South Philadelphia. “Myers’ accomplice was the de facto Judge of Elections and effectively ran the polling places in her division by installing close associates to serve as members of the Board of Elections,” Romero’s statement said. “Myers admitted that he gave his accomplice directions to add votes to candidates supported by him.” Related: South Philadelphia: 2022-06-09 Former US Congressman (D-PA) Pleads Guilty to Election Fraud South Philadelphia: 2021-12-23 US Rep Scanlon (D-PA 5) carjacked at Gunpoint in Philly South Philadelphia: 2020-11-03 National Guard rolls into Chicago - including a Skokie entrance, Philly and elsewhere. |
| Posted by:Lord Garth |
| #3 "After leaving prison, he started a political consulting firm." Must be a demand for such services and it must be lucrative. There must have been fortunes made in the 2020 election. Politics is where the money is; not robbing banks. You get very wealthy via criminality and you seldom go to jail. |
| Posted by: Gloluting Panda8358 2022-09-30 17:55 |
| #2 "Voter fraud never happens, besides only Republicans do it." |
| Posted by: Too Old To Work 2022-09-30 14:13 |
| #1 "After leaving prison, he started a political consulting firm." Not sure how he got caught, charged or found guilty in Federal Court in Pennsylvania. The scam was pretty small fry compared to the mules. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2022-09-30 12:31 |