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NY mailman allegedly tried to cross Canadian border with 813 pieces of mail, including 3 ballots

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A New York mailman faces federal charges after Customs officers found more than 800 pieces of undelivered mail, including three absentee ballots, in his car.

Around 7:30 p.m. on Election Day, Brandon Wilson, 27 of Buffalo, NY, reportedly attempted to cross into Canada from the Peace Bridge Port of Entry in Buffalo.

The car was flagged for routine inspection at the border.

Custom officers discovered a postal worker’s uniform, ID badge and a USPS bin containing 813 pieces of mail, including three absentee ballots that never made it to their appointed destination, authorities said.

The missing mail had postmarks between Sept. 16 and Oct. 26.

“Wilson stated the mail belonged to him and his mother. However, the defendant could not account for additional names printed on the mail pieces,” according to the complaint. “Wilson further stated that he had intended to deliver the mail and had forgotten to return the mail pieces to the post office. Wilson denied knowledge of the three election ballots discovered within the recovered mail.”

NBC News reported that Wilson wrote about not delivering mail to a home because of an unleashed dog in a since-deleted Facebook post.

“I’m working today and this lady has her dog on the porch not chained up no leash nothing just walking back and forth so I’m walking past her house and she asked me I have no mail today while I have a bundle of mail for her in my hand I said NOPE!!!! And kept walking,” he wrote. “Listen I’m not playing with y’all I will walk smooth past your house with all your mail.”

The Inspector General’s office of the post office says Wilson is on “emergency placement.”

A U.S. attorney states, “This office is committed not only to ensuring the integrity of the mails, but also of individuals rights to vote in a free and fair election. The criminal conduct to which this individual alleged to engage, undermine both those interests.”

If convicted, Wilson faces up to five years behind bars and a $250,000 fine, authorities say.

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RFK Jr. announces lifelong Democrat, advocate of left-leaning causes, CA native as running mate

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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announced Tuesday that attorney and tech entrepreneur Nicole Shanahan will be his vice presidential running mate in the upcoming election. The Independent candidate announced his choice for the 38-year-old Oakland, California native by praising her insight into “how Big Tech uses AI to manipulate the public,” her athletic ability, and willingness to be a “partner” in a number of policy areas, including on securing the border.

Fox News writes that Shanahan is a philanthropist with a long history of donating to Democrat and left-leaning causes, including supporting President Biden in his 2020 election bid before switching to Kennedy when he launched his own run for the Democrat nomination last year.

She is the founder and president of Bia-Echo Foundation, a private firm that describes its mission as focused on “new frontiers in reproductive longevity & equality, criminal justice reform and a healthy & livable planet.”

Fox News reports Shanahan initially dropped her support for Kennedy after he decided to run as an independent, but later got behind him again by giving $4 million to the super PAC that boosted his candidacy with a John F. Kennedy-themed campaign ad that ran during the Super Bowl in February.

Shanahan also previously donated to Democrat presidential candidates Marianne Williamson and Pete Buttigieg during the 2020 presidential race, and threw more than $150,000 behind progressive Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon’s 2020 election bid.

Shanahan, a life-long Democrat, told the crowd that she was leaving the party.

“The Democratic Party is supposed to be the party of compassion. It is supposed to be the party of free speech, and most importantly, the party of the middle class and the American dream,” Shanahan said.

“While I know many Democrats still abide by those values…I do believe they’ve lost their way in their leadership,” she continued.

And she urged “disillusioned” Democrats and Republicans to support Kennedy’s independent White House bid.

 

 

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