Conor Lamb’s campaign engages in voter intimidation
Nothing is too low for Conor Lamb and his campaign who have been referred to the U.S. Attorney after getting caught engaging in voter intimidation.
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Pennsylvania House GOP candidate refers Democrat’s social media posts to U.S. attorney
Washington Examiner
Kerry Picket
October 30, 2020 – 11:01 AM
A Pennsylvania Republican House candidate contacted federal law enforcement about social media posts by an intern for the campaign of his opponent, Democratic Rep. Conor Lamb.
Sean Parnell, the GOP nominee in the Beaver County-based 17th District, outside of Pittsburgh, said he reached out to the office of U.S. Attorney Scott Brady over the posts by Emily Resko.
Resko made Snapchat posts boasting she had access to voters’ histories in the district after announcing she was chosen to help gather data for a prominent Democratic litigation attorney, intimating she had private information she was ready to exploit against the Parnell camp.
“This guy, apparently his daughter, who is a 20-something, I believe, was on social media, and on Snapchat, and saw these messages pop up of a woman named Emily Resko,” Parnell told the Washington Examiner, about a conversation with a 17th District voter.
According to Resko’s Linkedin page, she is a first year-law student at Duquesne University. Resko is also an intern for the reelection campaign of Lamb.
The Democratic congressman faces a tough challenge from Parnell, a former Army Ranger and combat infantryman in Afghanistan with the 10th Mountain Division. The district has a narrow Republican lean and is also being hotly contested by President Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
Parnell recently filed a successful lawsuit challenging the procedures for the handling of 28,000 ballots in Allegheny County — which county officials called a waste of time that resulted in no substantive changes.
Parnell says that Resko was later redirected from Lamb’s campaign to work for Democratic election lawyer Marc Elias on Lamb’s countersuit. Resko announced her job with Elias on Snapchat.
Elias is a leading Democratic election attorney and is involved in multiple pieces of litigation over elections procedures, a priority for both sides in the tightening race between Trump and Biden, and down-ballot contests.
“She’s making people on social media think she can [access how they voted], and people are now afraid to turn out because they want their votes to be kept secret,” Parnell said. “Especially in an age of doxing and people getting fired for supporting Trump, this is part of the reason why the polls aren’t accurate.”
He added, “This is a big deal, and I think this is why U.S. Attorney Scott Brady, and his office, was so was so interested in this, because Marc Elias is directly involved in this lawsuit against me.”
In a snapchat, Resko shows an image of a tweet by Elias referring to Lamb’s countersuit, filed by House Democrats’ campaign arm, and the Lamb campaign, to “intervene against a Republican effort to allow poll watching at satellite early voting sites and unlawfully challenge 28,000 ballots.”
Resko comments on a tweet by Elias, saying, “So how about because of my internship, me and this other boy were picked tonight to literally be assistants under the lawyer on this potential case. I’m so f—ing excited. F— Parnell and his voter suppression.” She continued, “I literally get to gather data for this case. This is amazing. I’m excited. Ok, bye, sorry.”
In a subsequent post on Snapchat, Resko wrote, “Also, this gives me full access to the voting history of ALL residents in the 17th congressional district.”
Resko posted a partial image of an excel spreadsheet of what appears to be a voter precinct list from Allegheny County and writes below the image, “I’m about to see how all you f—ers vote.” Precinct lists are available mainly to campaigns, political parties, and board of elections staffers.
Resko did not respond to a request for comment through her LinkedIn page. The Washington Examiner also reached out to the Lamb campaign for comment and did not hear back.
The U.S.attorney’s office was unable to comment beyond confirming it received Parnell’s complaint.
Mike O’Neill, associate general counsel at Landmark Legal Foundation, said the social media posts “gives the public a window into what these D.C. lawyers really think about our electorate.”
O’Neill added, “While these voting lists are, most likely, lawfully obtained, individuals who are granted access to this information must exercise discretion and restraint when analyzing data.”