Court records allege Steven Hotze called a U.S. Attorney in a quest to find fraudulent voter ballots from an air conditioner repairman's vehicle. They didn't exist.
A Houston conservative activist charged with unlawful restraint and aggravated assault had asked a U.S. attorney in Texas to provide federal marshals to help his private investigator seize what were believed to be fraudulent voter ballots from an air conditioner repairman's vehicle.