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Letter: Investigate election integrity

By Edward Walawender, Vancouver
Published: January 20, 2021, 6:00am

“Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything.” — Joseph Stalin

Trump’s purported incendiary speech is not even close to those routinely made on the floor of Congress or even in the many U.S. cities up in flames over the past 10 months. Read it.

It would be fair and just to follow up on the voting improprieties of the 2020 election with indictment, investigation, and prosecution where merited. Over 50 cases filed by Trump attorneys were generally not accepted by the judiciary or rejected due to standing. None advanced to trial where the case can be duly presented for adjudication. If the election were completely honest, what is there to suppress? Do the judges expect intimidation on their doorsteps, much like the mayor and commissioners in Portland?

This country wasted nearly $32 million on a false and malicious Russian collusion investigation. Perhaps $32 million can be invested by this country to investigate the integrity of voting in the United States, whether it is bona fide or not. Special counsel is justified. My bet is on Tammany Hall, though.

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