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Most of the fake electors and election deniers did not respond to CNN’s request for comment. MichiganOut of the seven states Trump targeted in 2020, Michigan’s slate of Republican electors for 2024 has – by far – the largest share of election deniers and 2020 fake electors. Five of the 2020 fake electors from the state were tapped to serve as 2024 electors. Thanks to this hedged language, the 2020 fake electors in Pennsylvania weren’t charged. WisconsinTo settle a civil lawsuit brought by Wisconsin’s real 2020 Democratic electors, the state’s fake GOP electors from 2020 agreed to stay out of the 2024 election process.

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☆ Another top aide to New York City mayor resigns amid federal probe
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-07 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Embattled New York City Mayor Eric Adams said Monday that he's accepted the resignation of his deputy mayor for public safety, Philip Banks, the latest senior official to leave as the mayor fends off an indictment and calls to step down. All three Banks brothers have denied wrongdoing. An attorney for Philip Banks, Benjamin Brafman, said Monday that federal prosecutors had assured him his client was not a target of the investigation. In addition to seizing the phones of the three Banks brothers, federal investigators also took devices from the city's police commissioner, Edward Caban, and one of Adams' closest aides, Timothy Pearson. At a press briefing last month, Adams spoke of his close ties to the Banks brothers.

Persons: Eric Adams, he's, Philip Banks, fends, Adams, Banks, David Banks, Terence, Benjamin Brafman, Kathy Hochul, Philip Banks Jr, Edward Caban, Timothy Pearson, Caban, Pearson Organizations: New York City, NY1, New York, Associated Press, Gov, Democrat, City, NYPD Locations: New York, Yorkers

☆ 4 former officers accused of staging sham raid to extort nearly $37 million from California man
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Antonio Planas | Antonio Planas Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

According to prosecutors, the victim and his business partner had a yearslong dispute over their ownership in the rubber chemical manufacturer. In December 2018, the unindicted co-conspirator allegedly contacted Turbett to help with her business dispute. Turbett and Hart flew from Australia to Los Angeles, where they met with Cozart and Lankford to plan out the sham raid, prosecutors said. During the hoax raid, the defendants forced the victim and his family into one room. The unindicted co-conspirator paid Turbett’s company about $419,813 and emailed Turbett to thank him for a “very good job,” prosecutors said.

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☆ Arizona grand jurors wanted to indict Trump, prosecutors urged them not to
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-07 | by ( Zachary Cohen | Holmes Lybrand | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Members of the grand jury in Arizona that indicted 18 allies of Donald Trump earlier this year for their alleged roles in attempting to overturn the 2020 election had also expressed interest in charging the former president, according to a new court filing. The interest was strong enough that it prompted the state’s lead prosecutor to request that the grand jury not indict the former president and give a PowerPoint presentation to explain his reasoning. Prosecutors cited two primary reasons for why the grand jury should not charge Trump: a lack of evidence and a US Justice Department policy they believe would hamper charges against a former president. The policy cited by prosecutors deals with DOJ guidelines limiting how the federal government can prosecute individuals already charged with similar crimes at the state level. That’s why you do not see that,” the state prosecutor told the grand jury.

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☆ Arizona grand jury was interested in indicting Trump in fake electors criminal case, attorney general says
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-07 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump participates in a question-and-answer session at the National Association of Black Journalists convention in Chicago, July 31, 2024. An Arizona grand jury that indicted 18 allies of former President Donald Trump on criminal charges related to trying to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state was interested in indicting Trump as well, but was asked not to do so by the state attorney general's office, according to a new court filing. Attorney General Kristin Mayes' office disclosed the grand jury's interest in charging Trump in a filing that disputed a claim by many of the defendants that the office was politically biased in prosecuting them in the so-called fake electors case. "The State Grand Jury was told by the Attorney General's Office on multiple occasions that it had the discretion to indict no one," the office wrote. He also was charged last year in state court in Atlanta with trying to overturn Biden's victory that year in Georgia.

Persons: Donald Trump, indicting Trump, Kristin Mayes, Trump, Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, Mayes, Joe Biden Organizations: National Association of Black Journalists, Trump, White, Court, Republican, The New York Times, Attorney, Arizona Legislature, Legislature, Arizona Republican Party, . Justice Department, Washington , D.C Locations: Chicago, An Arizona, Maricopa County, State, Arizona, Washington ,, Atlanta, Georgia

CNN —Boris Epshteyn, a close adviser to Donald Trump and former White House aide, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to election subversion charges stemming from an April indictment in Arizona. Epshteyn, who appeared in court Tuesday via phone, is one of 18 defendants who, according to the indictment, “schemed to prevent the lawful transfer of the presidency to keep Unindicted Coconspirator 1 in office against the will of Arizona’s voters.”While Trump is not among those charged in Arizona, the details in the indictment suggest he is “Unindicted Coconspirator 1.”The scheme, according to the indictment, called for the fake electors to fraudulently vote for Trump, “falsely claiming to be the duly elected and qualified Electors for President and Vice President of the United States from the State of Arizona.”Epshteyn joined the Trump campaign in 2016 and is considered one of the former president’s most loyal advisers, speaking with him regularly. He was alongside Trump during his arraignment in his New York hush money case and traveled with him to arraignments in Georgia and Washington, DC. Others charged in the indictment include former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, along with former Trump attorneys Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman and Christina Bobb. All have pleaded not guilty.

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☆ Officials in Arizona release Rudy Giuliani’s mug shot after he pleaded not guilty in election subversion case
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-10 | by ( Kyung Lah | Jack Hannah | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Rudy Giuliani was processed in Phoenix on Monday, weeks after pleading not guilty in Arizona to charges of allegedly conspiring to overturn the 2020 presidential election results. Giuliani was served on May 17 in Palm Beach, Florida, at his 80th birthday bash held by a GOP operative. Arizona prosecutors spent weeks trying to track down the former New York City mayor and eventually found him based on his podcasts. A grand jury in Arizona handed up indictments last month charging over a dozen Trump allies, including the fake electors and several individuals connected to his campaign, over their efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss. Goodman added that Giuliani “will be fully vindicated.”The Arizona indictment is just the latest legal woe for Giuliani stemming from his time as Trump’s attorney after the 2020 presidential election.

Persons: CNN — Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump’s, Giuliani, President Trump, ”, Ted Goodman, Goodman, Veronica Stracqualursi, Zachary Cohen Organizations: CNN, GOP, New, New York City, Trump, Washington, Giuliani, Dominion Locations: Phoenix, Arizona, Maricopa County, Palm Beach , Florida, New York, Georgia

☆ Three Trump allies charged in Wisconsin fake elector scheme
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-04 | by ( Hannah Rabinowitz | Zachary Cohen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Wisconsin is the latest state to bring charges against people connected to the former president involved in the broad effort to overturn the presidential election results. “We hereby reaffirm that Joseph R. Biden, Jr. won the 2020 presidential election and that we were not the duly elected presidential electors for the State of Wisconsin for the 2020 presidential election,” a portion of their statement said. “We oppose any attempt to undermine the public’s faith in the ultimate results of the 2020 presidential election.”Chesebro was previously charged, and pleaded guilty, in the Georgia probe. This undercut his testimony to state prosecutors in which he said the fake electors were contingent on winning the litigation. Chesebro discussed the episode with Wisconsin investigators when he sat for an interview as part of the attorney general’s probe into the fake electors plot.

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☆ Rudy Giuliani and 10 others plead not guilty to charges of conspiring to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Arizona
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-21 | by ( Holmes Lybrand | Kyung Lah | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Phoenix CNN —Rudy Giuliani and 10 others pleaded not guilty in an Arizona court Tuesday to charges of allegedly conspiring to overturn the 2020 presidential election results. Giuliani was served Friday in Palm Beach, Florida, at his 80th birthday bash held by a GOP operative. Arizona prosecutors spent weeks trying to track down Giuliani and eventually found him based on some of his podcasts. That evening, Giuliani posted a tweet saying that “if Arizona authorities can’t find me by tomorrow morning” they would have to dismiss the indictment. “I haven’t been hiding from anyone,” Giuliani told the judge during Tuesday’s hearing.

Persons: Phoenix CNN — Rudy Giuliani, Giuliani, Donald Trump, Christina Bobb, Trump, ”, Mike Roman, Kelli Ward, John Eastman, Mark Meadows, Boris Epshteyn, Jenna Ellis, ” Giuliani, Nicholas Klingerman, Giuliani “, Klingerman, can’t, “, …, I’ve, Donald Trump ’, didn’t Organizations: Phoenix CNN, New, GOP, Republican National, Arizona Republican, White House, Trump Locations: Arizona, New York, Palm Beach , Florida, Florida, France, Netherlands

CNN —Rudy Giuliani was served Friday with notice of his indictment related to an alleged scheme to overturn the 2020 election results in Arizona, according to Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes. Richie Taylor, a spokesperson for Mayes, previously told CNN that the attorney general’s office had tried for weeks to locate Giuliani. An attendee of the party told CNN that Giuliani was served papers by two agents of the Arizona attorney general’s office in the late hours of the birthday bash. They must concede they can’t count votes.”Hours later, Giuliani was served notice of the indictment. The Arizona indictment is just the latest legal woe for Giuliani stemming from his time as Trump’s attorney after the 2020 presidential election.

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☆ Cohen, Bannon, Manafort & Giuliani Sure Ain’t Trump’s Law Firm - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-15 | by ( Michelle Cottle | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Have you all noticed the Republican stars and wannabes showing up at Donald Trump’s trial? For its part, Team Trump may just be happy to have some respectable, unindicted players on Mr. Trump’s side. OK, Mr. Paxton doesn’t strictly meet those criteria, but you get my point. And of the many sordid ways Mr. Trump sets himself apart, his crew of henchmen is a doozy. Michael Cohen deserves top billing with his juicy court appearances this week, as Mr. Trump’s former fixer shared the nitty-gritty of how to keep your boss’s alleged extramarital encounters from blowing up a presidential campaign.

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☆ Number of Trump Allies Facing Election Interference Charges Keeps Growing
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( Danny Hakim | Richard Fausset | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Fifty-three people who tried to keep former President Donald J. Trump in power after he lost the 2020 election have now been criminally charged. Mr. Trump’s own legal complications are also growing. On Wednesday, he was named as an unindicted co-conspirator in election interference investigations in both Arizona and Michigan. He has already been charged in Georgia while facing two federal prosecutions and a criminal trial in Manhattan related to hush money payments made to a porn star. What’s more, Mr. Trump’s top legal strategist, Boris Epshteyn, was indicted in Arizona on Wednesday.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Kris Mayes, Trump’s, Boris Epshteyn Organizations: Democratic Locations: Arizona, American, Michigan, Georgia, Manhattan

☆ Legal woes pile up for Trump allies: Giuliani, Meadows, and more indicted in Arizona election interference case
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-25 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Rudy Giuliani and Mark Meadows are among those indicted in an Arizona election interference case. Multiple Trump allies and Arizona GOPers were charged with felony counts, including conspiracy. The indictment also appeared to list former President Donald Trump as "Unindicted Coconspirator 1." AdvertisementProsecutors charged Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and a slate of Arizona Republicans with multiple felonies in a 58-page indictment made public on Wednesday. A representative for Trump and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to a request for comment from BI.

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Trump himself has continued to lobby for absolute immunity, including before his appearance at a New York court where he’s on trial for business fraud. Dreeben told Barrett that the indictment against Trump is substantially about private conduct, meaning that a trial could proceed even if the Supreme Court finds some immunity for Trump’s official actions. Liberal justices weren’t impressed with Trump’s absolute immunity claimsIt was pretty clear where the court’s three liberals will be when the opinion lands. With arguments over, focus shifts to timing for decisionThe arguments about Trump’s immunity claim are over. In the immunity case, the court already helped Trump by denying the special counsel request last December to leapfrog the appeals court and resolve the question quickly.

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☆ Arizona Charges Giuliani and Other Trump Allies in Election Interference Case
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( Danny Hakim | Maggie Haberman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Boris Epshteyn, one of Mr. Trump’s top legal strategists, was also among those indicted, a complication for Mr. Trump’s defense in the criminal trial that began this week in Manhattan over hush money payments made to a porn star, Stormy Daniels. The indictment includes conspiracy, fraud and forgery charges, related to alleged attempts by those charged to overturn the 2020 election results. Arizona is the fourth swing state to bring an elections case involving the activities of the Trump campaign in 2020, but only the second after Georgia to go beyond the fake electors whom the campaign deployed in swing states lost by Mr. Trump. The former president was also named an unindicted co-conspirator in the Arizona case. “But as I have stated before and will say here again today, I will not allow American democracy to be undermined.

Persons: Rudolph W, Giuliani, Mark Meadows, Donald J, Boris Epshteyn, Stormy Daniels, Trump, ” Kris Mayes Organizations: Trump, Mr, Democratic Locations: Arizona, Manhattan, Georgia, American

☆ Trump is unindicted co-conspirator in 2020 Michigan fake electors probe, investigator testifies
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( Marshall Cohen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Nessel, a Democrat, charged 16 fake Republican electors from Michigan last summer. Shock answered “yes” when the lawyer asked about Trump, Meadows, Giuliani and Ellis. Trump, Giuliani, Meadows and Ellis aren’t facing charges in Michigan. Investigators in December interviewed pro-Trump lawyer Kenneth Chesebro, who played a leading role in the fake electors plot. State prosecutors in Michigan, Georgia and Nevada have now charged at least some of the fake electors in their states.

Persons: Donald Trump, general’s, Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, Jenna Ellis, Dana Nessel, Howard Shock, Shock, Ellis, Trump, Meadows, Ellis aren’t, Giuliani, Ted Goodman, Kenneth Chesebro Organizations: CNN, Trump, Trump White House, Michigan, Giuliani, Prosecutors Locations: Michigan, Lansing, Meadows, Giuliani, Ellis, Michigan , Georgia, Nevada, Arizona and Wisconsin, New Mexico, Pennsylvania

☆ Trump Named as Unindicted Conspirator in Michigan Election Interference Case
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( Danny Hakim | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Former President Donald J. Trump was named as an unindicted co-conspirator on Wednesday in the investigation by the Michigan attorney general’s office into interference in the 2020 election. Charges have already been brought in Michigan against 15 Republicans who acted as fake electors for Mr. Trump after President Biden defeated him in the state in 2020. During pretrial hearings in the case this week in Lansing, a special agent for the attorney general’s office, Howard Shock, said the investigation was still open. He named a number of people he said had taken part in the conspiracy but have not been indicted, including Mr. Trump; Mark Meadows, the former White House chief of staff, and Rudolph W. Giuliani, Mr. Trump’s former personal lawyer. Defense lawyers for the Michigan fake electors, and some of the electors themselves, have been critical of the actions of the Republican Party and the 2020 Trump campaign, saying that lawyers and operatives had led the fake electors astray.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Biden, Howard Shock, Mark Meadows, Rudolph W, Giuliani, Trump’s Organizations: Mr, Howard, White House, Michigan, Republican Party, Trump Locations: Michigan, Lansing

☆ Meadows, Giuliani among indicted in Arizona in latest 2020 election subversion case
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( Zachary Cohen | Holmes Lybrand | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

“In Arizona, and the United States, the people elected Joseph Biden as President on November 3, 2020,” the indictment reads. Prosecutors in Michigan, Georgia and Nevada also have brought criminal charges against some of the people who signed on as fake electors in those states. A grand jury empaneled in Maricopa County, Arizona, to investigate efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in the state met this week before Mayes announced the charges. The fake electors for Trump convened at the state Republican Party headquarters in Phoenix on December 14, 2020. But in the weeks that followed, some of the fake electors continued to push for Pence to reject the legitimate Democratic slate of electors.

Persons: CNN —, Donald Trump’s, Boris Epshteyn, Mark Meadows, Rudy Giuliani, Kris Mayes, Mayes, ” Mayes, Trump, ” Trump, ‘, Giuliani, Joseph Biden, “, unindicted, ” “, Pence, Harris, Mike Pence, Joe Biden, I’ve, –, Biden, Jack, CNN’s Rashard Rose Organizations: CNN, White House, Democrat, Trump, Arizona ’, “, Biden, Prosecutors, Capitol, Republican Party, Republican, Arizona, Democratic Locations: Arizona, Epshteyn, United States, State of Arizona, New York, Michigan , Georgia, Nevada, Wisconsin, Maricopa County , Arizona, American, Phoenix

☆ Trump can’t be in two places at once in double courtroom drama
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

But Donald Trump’s return to his hush money trial Thursday does not even represent the most critical courtroom drama of his day. The ex-president’s attention is certain to stray from what he has repeatedly complained is a “freezing” court in New York to the neoclassical splendor of the US Supreme Court. Trump blames Judge Juan Merchan for dashing his hopes of being at the Supreme Court Thursday. Trump’s Supreme Court gambit is also part of his wider campaign strategy. CNN reporters in the courtroom said Trump was deeply engaged at times during Pecker’s earlier testimony.

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☆ Mike Roman: Former Trump campaign official subpoenaed in Arizona probe of efforts to overturn 2020 election
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-26 | by ( Zachary Cohen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —A former Trump 2020 campaign official has been subpoenaed by officials in Arizona as part of the criminal investigation focused on efforts to overturn Joe Biden’s win, according to two sources familiar with the matter. The official, Mike Roman, is also one of Donald Trump’s co-defendants in the Georgia election subversion case. He’s being subpoenaed by prosecutors as part of a separate state-level probe overseen by Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes, a Democrat. The subpoenas suggest the probe is accelerating ahead of the 2024 presidential election, when Trump is expected to again face Biden as the Republican nominee. Among those who have been interviewed by Arizona prosecutors in recent months is pro-Trump attorney Kenneth Chesebro.

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☆ Text messages shed new light on scope of fake electors plot after 2020 election
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-04 | by ( Marshall Cohen | Zachary Cohen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

This undercuts his recent testimony to state prosecutors in which he said the fake electors were contingent on winning the litigation. Chesebro told Troupis in late 2020 that it was “really not necessary” to link the GOP electors to ongoing litigation. “I have sent it to the White House this afternoon. The real decision makers,” Troupis responded, though he didn’t identify who at the White House received the memo. In the December 6, 2020, memo, Chesebro laid out the plan to put forth slates of Republican electors in seven key swing states that Trump lost, including Wisconsin.

Persons: Kenneth Chesebro, Donald Trump, Jim Troupis, Wisconsin’s, Chesebro, Trump, Troupis, ” Chesebro, Weeks, Alex Jones, Jones, “, ” Memo, Jim, Justin Clark, ” Troupis, Reince Priebus, Wisconsinites, The Trump, CNN’s Katelyn Polantz Organizations: CNN, Trump, Michigan, “, Capitol, White, White House Locations: Wisconsin, Georgia

Chesebro’s social media presence Pro-Trump attorney Kenneth Chesebro told Michigan investigators that he doesn’t have any social media accounts, including Twitter. But CNN uncovered a secret Twitter account that Chesebro used to anonymously post about the 2020 election in real-time. Yet in his interview with Michigan investigators, Chesebro said the very opposite, claiming that the entire electors plan was contingent on the courts. Michigan investigators secured Chesebro’s cooperation in December, after previously charging the 16 fake electors in that state with multiple felonies. Chesebro distances himself from the plotIn his interview with Michigan investigators, Chesebro repeatedly tried to downplay his knowledge of the electors plan.

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Some might not reach trial this year, while one is set to begin in a matter of weeks. In all, Trump faces 40 felony charges in the classified documents case. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon set a trial date of May 20, 2024, though she has signaled that it may be pushed back. The Trump campaign called the charges “fake” and asked why it took two and a half years to bring them. That case is set to be first to proceed to trial, with a judge setting jury selection for March 25.

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☆ A model suspected of recruiting for Epstein was asked whether Bill Clinton's security advisor tipped him off about search warrant
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-06 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | Haven Orecchio-Egresitz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A former model with ties to Jeffrey Epstein was questioned about Bill Clinton's security advisor, court docs show. Adriana Ross was asked in a deposition whether Clinton's security advisor tipped Epstein off about a raid. Did he tip off Jeffrey Epstein?" Did he tip off Jeffrey Epstein?" AdvertisementIn the 2010 deposition, Ross repeatedly invoked her 5th Amendment right and declined to answer questions.

Persons: Jeffrey Epstein, Bill Clinton's, Adriana Ross, Epstein, Ross, —, Jeffrey Epstein's, Virginia Giuffre, Samuel Richard, Sandy, Berger, Clinton, Bill Clinton, Bill Clinton didn't, Giuffre, Ghislaine Maxwell Organizations: Service Locations: Poland, Florida

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — The wife of a northwestern Iowa county supervisor was convicted Tuesday of a scheme to stuff the ballot box in her husband’s unsuccessful race for a Republican nomination to run for Congress in 2020. Woodbury County election officials became aware of possible voter fraud in September 2020, when two Iowa State University students from Sioux City requested absentee ballots, only to learn ballots had already been cast in their name. When processing absentee ballots on election night, election workers notified Gill that the handwriting on a number of them appeared to be similar. Most voter fraud cases involve one voter casting a single ballot in another person’s name, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Richard Evans, who helped prosecute Taylor’s case. “Despite what’s in the media, voter fraud is extremely rare,” Evans said.

Persons: Kim Taylor, Prosecutors, Taylor, Jeremy Taylor, Ron Timmons, Montgomery Brown, Brown didn’t, Pat Gill, Gill, Richard Evans, Taylor’s, ” Evans, “ Organizations: SIOUX, Republican, Sioux City Journal, Iowa House, Iowa’s, of Supervisors, U.S, Associated Press, Iowa State University, Sioux Locations: SIOUX CITY , Iowa, Iowa, Vietnam, Woodbury County, Sioux City

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