Generous donor sues pro-Trump group for lack of evidence of voting fraud | Abroad

Fred Eshelman, a manager of an investment fund, wants his money back, saying he asked “regularly and repeatedly” about the progress of the project. His requests kept getting “vague responses, platitudes, and hollow promises,” said Eshelman, who has filed suit in a federal court in Houston, Texas.

The group, called True the Vote, had pledged “to investigate, detect and litigate suspected illegal voting and fraud in the 2020 election.” In the week after the election, the group filed four lawsuits. Those cases were withdrawn last week. “While we stand by voters’ testimony, hurdles to advocating our cause, combined with time constraints, make it necessary for us to take a different path,” the group stated on its website.

Despite numerous allegations of electoral fraud and irregularities by President Donald Trump, the election loser, so far no evidence has been presented to indicate this. The result, that Joe Biden is expected to become president with 306 electors, has so far remained unchanged.

Eshelman was attracted by True the Vote’s plan, which involved multiple lawsuits in swing states, collecting complaints from whistleblowers, mobilizing Republican support, and conducting data research. The court documents state that he transferred $ 2 million to the group on November 5 and another half a million dollars a week after that.

When the group was unable to report on its activities, it became clear to Eshelman that the group was also unable to implement the plan, he said. When he requested his money back, he was offered $ 1 million and a request not to press charges.

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