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  • 2016-12-01 (xsd:date)
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  • Trump Staffer Convicted of Felony Election Fraud (en)
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  • On 30 November 2016, blog posts appeared claiming that a Michigan Donald Trump campaign staffer was convicted on ten counts of felony election fraud: Various articles mentioned details of the case — most of which took place in 2012 — but insinuated that Hall's integrity was somehow a harbinger of fraud present in the Trump campaign. But the story was well covered by Michigan-area news outlet, which reported no such tie to the President-elect. On 29 November 2016, the Grand Haven Tribune reported: WHTC also covered Hall's conviction, in an article that made no mention of Donald Trump: Many of the claims connecting Hall to Trump appeared to originate with a political columnist: Demas linked to a blog post asserting that Hall was a key figure within the Michigan Trump campaign organization, but without key details about his role or relationship to the national campaign. Hall was described as having a significant campaign position, but the post did not provide his title or the scope of that position: At the time of Lineberger's attributed remarks, Hall had not been convicted of law-breaking. Although it seemed Hall was, at the very least, a grassroots Trump supporter, it was unclear if he worked in an official or unofficial capacity (or at all) for the Trump campaign in 2016 in Michigan. Hall was charged with election fraud (in relation to signature-gathering) in 2012, and that conviction was unrelated to the Trump campaign in Michigan in 2016. A search of Google restricted to results prior to 31 October 2016 returned nothing indicating that Hall was officially or unofficially linked with the Trump campaign. We contacted Hall via e-mail to clarify the claims, but have not yet received a response. (en)
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