A lawsuit against “2000 Mules” moves forward — and threatens to expose the fundamental dishonesty behind the movie.
When identifying the individuals most responsible for convincing supporters of Donald Trump that the 2020 election was stolen, no one surpasses Trump himself. But one could argue that the second person on the list is filmmaker and right-wing activist Dinesh D’Souza, whose 2022 film “2000 Mules” reinvigorated unsubstantiated allegations about voter fraud — and earned him an enormous sum of money in the process.
One reason this all continues to ferment is that there has been no accountability for D’Souza or True the Vote. D’Souza’s already shaky credibility has evaporated outside of the right-wing media; True the Vote never had much in the first place. Elsewhere, claims about fraud have been curtailed in the face of legal challenges . So far, D’Souza has avoided that fate.
But that may be about to change. On Monday, United States District Court Judge Steven D. Grimberg allowed a lawsuit against D’Souza and True the Vote to move forward — a suit that might impose some penalty on the filmmaker for his false presentations.At issue is the film’s inclusion of footage showing a man named Mark Andrews depositing multiple ballots into a ballot box. This wasn’t fraud, as; he was submitting ballots for himself and his family.
When D’Souza spoke to The Post last year, he asserted that everyone shown in the film was a mule, identified by True the Vote as having gone to 10 or more drop boxes. So, in theory, there should be some evidence that Andrews did so, if he was a “mule." The lawsuit’s discovery process, then, might force the defendants to show what they have — or what they don’t.
The Andrews case may yield a judgment in favor of Mark Andrews, to his benefit. It may also make others wary about citing the movie as a credible presentation of alleged voter fraud in 2020. But it might also go further: demonstrating that there is no connection between the video footage and the purported geolocation data, which the lack of footage of people visiting multiple drop boxes would suggest.
South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
The benchmark for small cap stocks — the Russell 2000 — turned negative for the yearThe index fell into the red for the year, in stark comparison to the large-cap focused S&P 500.
Read more »
CNBC Daily Open: The Russell 2000 is flashing a warningThe Russell 2000 fell 1.6% Monday, dragging down its year-to-date performance to negative 0.2%. While not a canary in a coal mine, it’s a cautionary tale.
Read more »
Classy 2000 Mercedes SL 500 With 1,664 Miles Is Like Brand NewThe roadster is in impeccable condition, transporting us back to the glorious '90s
Read more »
CNBC Daily Open: Heed the Russell 2000's warningThe Russell 2000 fell 1.6% Monday, dragging down its year-to-date performance to negative 0.2%. While not a canary in a coal mine, it’s a cautionary tale.
Read more »
Russell 2000 Tests Support, While S&P 500, Nasdaq Fail to Break ResistanceStocks Analysis by Declan Fallon covering: S&P 500, US Small Cap 2000, iShares Core S&P 500 ETF, SPDR® S&P 500. Read Declan Fallon's latest article on Investing.com
Read more »
Mortgage rate races toward 8% after hitting a high not seen since late 2000Mortgage rates follow loosely the yield on the 10-year Treasury, which has been climbing this week.
Read more »