Feds Launch Criminal Probe Into Alleged Philly Voter Fraud

By Ralph Cipriano

for BigTrial.net

According to federal and local sources, the U.S. Attorney in Philadelphia has launched a criminal probe into multiple allegations of voter fraud here in the city, including Big Trial's own report about dead people voting, like Smokin' Joe Frazier.

The criminal investigation is part of a two-pronged legal approach as Republicans continue to attack the legitimacy of last week's presidential election where the media has unanimously already declared Joe Biden the winner. 

On Saturday, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, President Trump's personal lawyer, announced at a press conference in Philadelphia that he would be filing a civil rights lawsuit in U.S. District Court, alleging that Republican voters were deprived of their right to a fair count of the vote. 

At the press conference, Giuliani introduced three local Republican poll watchers who said they were prevented from watching the counting of more than 100,000 mail-in ballots at the Philadelphia Convention Center. Despite a court order allowing them in, two of the three poll watchers said, they were never allowed closer than 15 feet.

The third poll watcher, Lisette Tarragon, a longtime city resident and retired attorney, said that when she and other Republican poll watchers tried to get into the Civic Center to watch the count, "I never got past the first identification stage . . .  I felt insidious fraud going on. I felt we were kept from doing our civic duty."

At his press conference, Giuliani attacked the "decrepit Democratic machine" and said that Philadelphia had "a sad history of voter fraud."

"After all, Joe Frazier is still voting here," Giuliani said, despite the fact that the former heavyweight champ died in 2011. "We should go see if Joe is voting Democratic or Republican now from the grave."

The mayor was referring to a Big Trial report that according to a database that only city employees have access to, a parade of 22 dead people, led by Smokin' Joe, had previously voted in past city elections, according to data provided by the Board of Elections. The dead voters included seven hero cops who died while serving in the line of duty, and eleven dead relatives of police officers.

Asked if this alleged practice was disrespectful to police, FOP President John McNesby said, "disrespectful is putting it lightly if in fact true."

"We look forward to seeing the outcome of what the investigation brings."

In addition, the city's Republican party went through state voting records, and announced on Saturday that they had found at least 840 dead people who had voted in last week's presidential election who were 101 years old or older. Those elderly voters included at least 39 people who had lived through the Civil War. 

In addition to dead people voting, Giuliani said evidence of voting fraud included statements from four individuals who allegedly witnessed backdating of mail-in ballots. 

U.S. Attorney William McSwain could not be reached for comment. The investigation is said to be led by Assistant U.S. Attorney Eric Gibson, a veteran prosecutor who also could not be reached.

Giuliani said he would be filing a civil rights lawsuit in either Philadelphia or Pittsburgh. He said that his legal team had interviewed at least 50 poll watchers who were "uniformly deprived of their right to inspect any single part of the mail-in ballots." 

"It's really simple," Giuliani said about what happened at the Convention Center. "If you have nothing to hide with these mail in ballots you allow inspection." But in Philadelphia, Giuliani said, "not a single Republican got to view a single ballot." In addition to the lack of access for Republican poll watchers, Giuliani said, "there was no security, zero," at the Convention Center. 

The former New York City mayor and mob-busting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York said that because Republican poll watchers in Philadelphia were deprived of inspecting of any of the mail order ballots, they could have been written by anybody, including the "Democratic party hacks that were all over the Convention Center."

Giuliani then launched into a speech about the "decrepit Democratic machine that has ruled the city for 68 years, describing Philadelphia as "a city where voter fraud is professional."

Democrats win election after election, he said, but "the city gets no better."

"Crime goes through the roof," he said, and when the city was besieged by riots, "You have the police stand by and watch it. Not because of the police [but] because you have a mayor that stands by and watches it. You've got a district attorney who lets people go free." 

Mayor Kenney and District Attorney Krasner, please stand up and take a bow. 

"You are poorly served, ladies and gentlemen of Philadelphia," Giuliani continued in remarks that didn't make The Philadelphia Inquirer. "Mayors who let riots take place and district attorneys who set criminals free, I don't think they're gonna care much about ballot fraud." 

Giuliani then introduced Darrel Brooks, a Philadelphia resident and Republican poll watcher.

"Basically, they put us 20 feet away," and didn't allow any cameras, Brooks said. In addition, Brooks said, he was "harassed by democratic poll watchers," which he was able to record.

Despite a court order that allowed the poll watchers in, Brooks said, "They still would not allow us to see anything that was happening."

"I came out here to support our president," Brooks said, adding, "Listen, we just want a fair election."

But Brooks immediately became a credibility problem for the Republicans. Politico ran a story that said the correct spelling of the poll watcher's name was Daryl Brooks, and that he was a longtime New Jersey resident and sex offender who ran unsuccessfully for U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives. 

Next up was Matt Silver, a Philadelphia lawyer and another Republican poll watcher, said that from a distance of 15 feet away, he saw suspicious looking mail order ballots that appeared to have the "same unusual pen, the same individual handwriting."

At the press conference, Giuliani had some fun with the press when they brought to his attention that all the TV networks, and all of the mainstream media newspapers like the New York Times and the Washington Post had already declared Biden the winner.

"Oh my goodness, all the networks!" he said, as he threw his hands up to the sky in mock surrender. Based on what the media says, "We have to forget about the law; judges don't count," Giuliani jokingly suggested.

"All the networks thought that Biden was going to win by 10 percent," Giuliani reminded the gaggle of reporters. "Gee, what happened? Oh, come on. The networks don't get to decide elections. Courts do." 

"I know you won't accept it because of your hateful biases, but let's see if you can try thinking rational."