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GOP candidate: Michael Flynn trying to run extortion plot on U.S. officials to reinstall Trump [View all]
GOP candidate: Michael Flynn trying to run extortion plot on U.S. officials to reinstall Trump:
Pennsylvania Senate candidate Everett Stern made the bombshell accusation in a press conference Saturday
A Republican Senate candidate alleged over the weekend that former national security adviser Gen. Michael Flynn is attempting to run an extortion plot on elected officials in a number of states, with the apparent end goal of pushing conspiratorial election audits that will ultimately propel former President Donald Trump back into office.
Everett Stern, a businessman who owns a private intelligence firm called "Tactical Rabbit" and is running for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, held a press conference Saturday to share what he had found, later tweeting out a link to the video of his remarks titled, "Everett Stern Releases New Evidence of Ongoing Domestic terror Threat Links to General Michael T. Flynn."
"I'm here today not as a candidate running for U.S. Senate, I'm here as a citizen who is genuinely concerned about our country, sincerely concerned about the undermining of our democracy," Stern says in the opening moments of his statement. He also claimed to be in touch with federal law enforcement about the situation.
Because of his intelligence background, Stern claims at least two people representing a Flynn-linked group called "Patriot Caucus" approached him earlier this year after a speech with an offer to hire his firm to gather "dirt" on officials and recruit others to assist in the plot. At one point, one of the men allegedly told Stern that they had retained the services of active intelligence officials "both domestic and foreign."
"They wanted to gather intelligence on senators, judges, congressmen, state Reps, to move them towards the audit. The word 'move' was emphasized tremendously," Stern said. "It was clear to me what they wanted was not traditional opposition research — what they wanted was to extort and to literally move people towards the audit with dirt."
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Pennsylvania Senate candidate Everett Stern made the bombshell accusation in a press conference Saturday
A Republican Senate candidate alleged over the weekend that former national security adviser Gen. Michael Flynn is attempting to run an extortion plot on elected officials in a number of states, with the apparent end goal of pushing conspiratorial election audits that will ultimately propel former President Donald Trump back into office.
Everett Stern, a businessman who owns a private intelligence firm called "Tactical Rabbit" and is running for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, held a press conference Saturday to share what he had found, later tweeting out a link to the video of his remarks titled, "Everett Stern Releases New Evidence of Ongoing Domestic terror Threat Links to General Michael T. Flynn."
"I'm here today not as a candidate running for U.S. Senate, I'm here as a citizen who is genuinely concerned about our country, sincerely concerned about the undermining of our democracy," Stern says in the opening moments of his statement. He also claimed to be in touch with federal law enforcement about the situation.
Because of his intelligence background, Stern claims at least two people representing a Flynn-linked group called "Patriot Caucus" approached him earlier this year after a speech with an offer to hire his firm to gather "dirt" on officials and recruit others to assist in the plot. At one point, one of the men allegedly told Stern that they had retained the services of active intelligence officials "both domestic and foreign."
"They wanted to gather intelligence on senators, judges, congressmen, state Reps, to move them towards the audit. The word 'move' was emphasized tremendously," Stern said. "It was clear to me what they wanted was not traditional opposition research — what they wanted was to extort and to literally move people towards the audit with dirt."
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More at link:
https://www.salon.com/2021/10/31/candidate-michael-flynn-trying-to-run-extortion-scheme-on-us-officials-to-reinstall/
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