To: President Donald Trump, Rep. Elijah Cummings (MD-7), Rep. John Curtis (UT-3), Sen. Lindsey Graham (SC-1), The United States House of Representatives, and The United States Senate
Petition to Investigate Gross Irregularities of the 2016 Presidential Election due to Improper In...
This is a petition that calls for 1) investigations to be made by the Office of Special Counsel, which investigates Hatch Act violations, and the Office of Government Ethics to examine James Comey’s actions in the 2016 Presidential election. 2) It also calls for a Congressional investigation into the unprecedented attempts by a foreign government (Russia) to interfere with and influence our election process. These gross irregularities of the election must be challenged and investigated in order to ensure that fair elections take place for any candidate.
Why is this important?
Background 1:
Eleven days before the election, FBI Director James Comey sent a letter to Congress announcing that they were re-opening the investigation into Hillary R. Clinton’s emails. Although it is state policy not to release such statements close to an election unless there is evidence that a matter is significant, his letter stated that it was unknown if the potentially new emails had any significance. Only a few days later, on Nov. 6, 2016, two days before the election, it was announced that Clinton was again clear of all charges, but both of these incidents—finding out that there might be new emails, and then finding out that Clinton had been speedily determined to be clear of charges—only further angered Trump supporters. At the same time, information was suppressed about an investigation into improper links between Russia and Trump. Comey’s announcements took place during the early voting period where approximately one-third of total ballots were cast. The emails were found to be either personal emails or duplicates of ones already examined.
There are two complaints filed against Comey for violating the Hatch Act by abusing his position of power and influencing a presidential election as a federal employee. But an investigation has not moved forward.
Background 2:
Officials have stated that they are confident that Russia engaged in computer intrusion and email leaks during the campaign in order to interfere with and influence our election process. The Washington Times reported that the Russian government was also responsible for much of the “fake news” circulating on the internet in the weeks leading up to the election. There has been a bipartisan call by representatives in Congress for an investigation into this unprecedented interference by a foreign government in our election process, but this has not moved forward.
The gross irregularities of the election are direct attacks on our democratic process and must be challenged and investigated in order to ensure our elections are fair for candidates of any party.
Eleven days before the election, FBI Director James Comey sent a letter to Congress announcing that they were re-opening the investigation into Hillary R. Clinton’s emails. Although it is state policy not to release such statements close to an election unless there is evidence that a matter is significant, his letter stated that it was unknown if the potentially new emails had any significance. Only a few days later, on Nov. 6, 2016, two days before the election, it was announced that Clinton was again clear of all charges, but both of these incidents—finding out that there might be new emails, and then finding out that Clinton had been speedily determined to be clear of charges—only further angered Trump supporters. At the same time, information was suppressed about an investigation into improper links between Russia and Trump. Comey’s announcements took place during the early voting period where approximately one-third of total ballots were cast. The emails were found to be either personal emails or duplicates of ones already examined.
There are two complaints filed against Comey for violating the Hatch Act by abusing his position of power and influencing a presidential election as a federal employee. But an investigation has not moved forward.
Background 2:
Officials have stated that they are confident that Russia engaged in computer intrusion and email leaks during the campaign in order to interfere with and influence our election process. The Washington Times reported that the Russian government was also responsible for much of the “fake news” circulating on the internet in the weeks leading up to the election. There has been a bipartisan call by representatives in Congress for an investigation into this unprecedented interference by a foreign government in our election process, but this has not moved forward.
The gross irregularities of the election are direct attacks on our democratic process and must be challenged and investigated in order to ensure our elections are fair for candidates of any party.