While Donald Trump talks about rigging the elections, Kris Kobach, (R-KS) has done everything possible to try and ensure Republican victories as Secretary of State, including efforts to disenfranchise voters or scare them away.
Kris Kobach’s latest play to change federal election support however, may have just blown up in his face. When Brian Newby assumed his role as Executive Director of the US Election Assistance Commission, thanks to Republican support, Kobach thought he had the ally he had always wanted. The Associated Press points out Newby’s role may end up being a scandal he cannot get away from fast enough.
WICHITA — When Brian Newby took the helm of a federal election agency, he left behind an unfolding scandal in Kansas where he was having an affair with a woman he promoted in his previous job and used her to skirt oversight of their lavish expenses, prompting a local prosecutor to investigate, according to emails obtained by The Associated Press.
The blockbuster revelation by the Associated Press points to an election officer who had his own plans for those around him.