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Question of the Day By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times - Thursday, December 24, 2020
Anger and suspicion over the results of the Nov. 3 presidential election are fueling threats and intimidation toward elections officials and lawmakers.
A Maryland man was charged this week with threatening to kill the family members of a House member. Prosecutors said the man was worried the Maryland lawmaker, who wasn’t named in the indictment, would try to “mess” with his vote.
A New Hampshire woman was charged this week with sending threats to a Republican member of a Detroit-area election board who refused to certify the election results.
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Wayne County Board of Canvassers member Monica Palmer holds a press conference at the law offices of Michael Schwartz, Thursday, Dec. 24, 2020 in Farmington Hills, Mich. Federal prosecutors on Wednesday, Dec. 23, filed charges against Katelyn Jones of Epping, N.H.,, who is accused of texting threats to Palmer following the presidential election and sending photos of a bloody mutilated female body. Jones was charged with threatening violence through interstate commerce following an FBI investigation. (Robin Buckson/Detroit News via AP) December 24, 2020 - 2:52 PM
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. - The Republican chair of a county canvassing board in Michigan who initially refused to certify local election results that favoured Democrat Joe Biden over President Donald Trump said Thursday that she doesnât know a woman charged with sending her threatening text messages.
Jones has ties to Olivet, Michigan, according to her driver’s license, but the FBI said she sent the threats from Epping, New Hampshire, where she was staying with her mother, and she was arrested there.
“I don’t believe I’ve crossed paths with her,” Palmer said. “I’m still fearful. This woman… has my address, my phone number. I can’t go to the grocery store. I can’t go Christmas shopping in fear that somebody is going to snatch my daughter.”
Palmer chaired the Nov. 17 Board of Canvassers meeting. She and a fellow Republican on the four-member board initially refused to certify Wayne County’s election results, typically a routine step on the way to statewide certification. They cited problems with absentee ballots in Detroit.
Monica Palmer responds after New Hampshire woman is accused of texting her threats
Wayne County canvasser Monica Palmer held a press conference Thursday after a News Hampshire woman was accused of texting threats to the canvasser.
By: WXYZ Web Team
and last updated 2020-12-24 10:12:11-05
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. (WXYZ) â Wayne County canvasser Monica Palmer held a press conference Thursday after a News Hampshire woman was accused of texting threats to the canvasser.
The conference was held at 2 p.m. at the law office of Michael Allan Schwartz in Farmington Hills.
Katelyn Jones, 23, is accused of sending threatening texts to Monica Palmer after she voted against certifying the election results for Wayne County on Nov. 17.
Michigan canvasser still afraid after threat, suspect arrest
by Corey Williams, The Associated Press
Posted Dec 24, 2020 4:53 pm EDT
Last Updated Dec 24, 2020 at 4:56 pm EDT
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. The Republican chair of a county canvassing board in Michigan who initially refused to certify local election results that favouredVice-President Job Biden over President Donald Trump said Thursday that she doesn’t know a woman charged with sending her threatening text messages.
Wayne County Canvasser Monica Palmer told reporters outside her attorney’s office in Farmington Hills, Michigan, that she still fears for her family’s safety following the arrest of Katelyn Jones, 23.