2020 & 2016 Election Fraud in California: Affidavits Connecting Dots -

Hollister man and two others charged with fraud

Affidavits Playing Role

Information provided by the Department of Justice. It noted that an indictment is merely an allegation, and all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

The Department of Justice announced that two California men, including a Hollister resident, and one Texas man have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Austin, Texas, for their alleged involvement a scheme to operate two fraudulent political action committees (PACs) during the 2016 federal election cycle.

PDF “Case” file:

Hollister man and two others charged with fraud

The indictment alleges that Matthew Nelson Tunstall, 34, of Los Angeles, California; Robert Reyes, Jr., 38, of Hollister, California; and Kyle George Davies, 29, of Austin, Texas, solicited contributions to Liberty Action Group PAC and Progressive Priorities PAC under the guise that the PACs were affiliated with or meaningfully supporting specified candidates for public office. Between January 2016 and April 2017, the defendants obtained approximately $3.5 million from unwitting donors based on false and misleading representations and used those funds to enrich themselves and to pay for additional fraudulent advertisements soliciting donations. Tunstall and Reyes are also alleged to have laundered more than $350,000 in illegal proceeds from the scheme through a third-party vendor to conceal the use of those funds for their own benefit (see PDF below).

Tunstall and Reyes are both charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and to make a false statement to the Federal Election Commission (FEC), multiple counts of wire fraud, and multiple counts of money laundering. Davies is charged with conspiracy commit wire fraud and to make a false statement to the FEC, and multiple counts of wire fraud.

The Department of Justice said Tunstall made his initial appearance yesterday in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California; Reyes and Davies where scheduled to their initial appearances on Nov. 10 in the U.S. District Courts for the Northern District of California and the Western District of Texas, respectively.

“If convicted of all counts, Tunstall and Reyes both face a maximum total penalty of 125 years in prison. If convicted of all counts, Davies faces a maximum total penalty of 65 years in prison,” the release states. “A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.”

Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite Jr. of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs of the FBI’s San Antonio Field Office made the announcement.

The release stated the investigation was conducted by the FBI’s San Antonio Division, Austin Resident Agency. Trial Attorneys Rebecca M. Schuman and Michael N. Lang of the Criminal Division’s Public Integrity Section are prosecuting the case.

Affidavits Enter the Picture

On August 12, 2021, at 12:53 PM, Eric Taylor <ETaylor@sbcsheriff.org> wrote:

Mr. XXXXX,
Thank you for the cordial and professional meeting today. I have my staff looking into what we can do. I personally booked the property in to evidence immediately following our meeting.
We will keep you posted.
Thank you again,
Eric S. TaylorSheriff-Coroner San Benito County Sheriff’s Office

Sheriff Eric Taylor booked over 100 affidavits into the evidence locker of the San Benito County sheriffs office. The affidavits were for the San Benito County Clerk Recorder. The affidavits accuse the Recorder of failing to follow their oath of office in addition to violations of the California Election Code sections and fraud concerning the November 3, 2020 General Election.

Federal law makes it a felony for elected officials who have failed to follow their oath. There are additional felony charges associated to election fraud. Affidavits were served to the Recorder who then had 10 days to respond to the claims made in the documents. The recorder failed to respond to the charges in the affidavits so the citizens of San Benito County referred the citizen’s affidavits to the Sheriff for investigation.

Sources close to the citizens confirmed that following the Sheriff’s investigation the case was turned over to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

IRANIAN INTERFERENCE IN 2020 U.S. ELECTIONS

On October 20, 2021, a grand jury in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York indicted SEYYED MOHAMMAD HOSEIN MUSA KAZEMI, also known as “Mohammad Hosein Musa Kazem”, and “Hosein Zamani”, and SAJJAD KASHIAN, also known as “Kiarash Nabavi”, for, among other things, computer intrusion, voter intimidation, and interstate threat offenses, for their alleged participation in a multi-faceted campaign aimed at influencing and interfering with the United States 2020 Presidential Election. In connection with this campaign, the defendants allegedly obtained United States voter information from at least one state election website, sent threatening voter email messages to intimidate voters, crafted and disseminated disinformation pertaining to the election and election security, and accessed, and attempted to access, without authorization, the computer systems of several online United States media entities and states. This occurred from at least in or about August of 2020, to at least in or about November of 2020.

Iranian Nationals Charged with Interfering in 2020 U.S. Presidential Election

Cyber Division Assistant Director Bryan Vorndran discusses the FBI’s role in the unsealing of the grand jury indictment of two Iranian individuals alleged involvement with interfering with the U.S. 2020 presidential election.

Reward:

The Rewards For Justice Program, United States Department of State, is offering a reward of up to $10 million for information on or about the activities of Seyyed Mohammad Hosein Musa Kazemi and Sajjad Kashian.

Details:

Kazemi is described as an Iranian male born on June 18, 1997. He is between 5’5″ and 6’0″ tall, 180 to 185 pounds, with dark brown hair and brown eyes.

Kashian is described as an Iranian male born on September 17, 1994. He is between 5’5″ and 6’0″ tall, 130 to 140 pounds, with dark brown hair and brown eyes.