Trump, in stirring up the rioters at the Capitol: "A career employee of City of Detroit testified under penalty of perjury, that she witnessed city workers coaching voters to vote straight Democrat while accompanying them to watch who they voted for. When a Republican came in, they wouldn't talk to them. "
Jessy Jacob's own words, at least in her testimony before the Minnesota legislature, fall far, far short of this. She speaks of a poll worker standing near a water fountain helping a voter, and indicates she thought that was wrong. Simply helping the voter vote that way (from listening to her testimony), was what Jessy Jacob felt was wrong. In explaining what happened, she says nothing of the worker coaching the voter to vote for Biden. Rudy Giuliani then suggests another instance of coaching for Biden, and asks her about it. And, again, in describing what happened, she does not of anyone coaching voters to vote for Biden. Rather, she says she saw three people come in, and one took a picture as another cast a ballot and and a third one cheered. From her testimony, that is what Jessy Jacob felt was inappropriate -- one taking a picture and one cheering while a third cast the ballot. Watching the video of Jessy's testimony, it is clear that she is being coached in what to say -- by Giuliani. He asks her leading questions, putting words in her mouth.
Before quoting from her testimony to the legislature -- so you can hear exactly what she said -- it is worthy and important that you know that she had previously signed an affidavit to the courts that very explicitly did say there was coaching for Biden. She signed a statement, saying, "I directly observed, on a daily basis, City of Detroit election workers and employees coaching and trying to coach voters to vote for Joe Biden and the Democrat Party. I witnessed these workers and employees encouraging voters to do a straight Democrat ballot."
Now, compare what she says there in the signed affidavit with what she testified to the Michigan legislature. Giuliani poses the question, "The supervisor you originally had when you were there, did you observe her coaching voters to vote for Biden and the Democrat ticket?" There is an extended pause, then Jessy replies, "Yes." Giuliani then asks a follow-up question. "And, then, as it got closer to the election, in fact in the day or two before the election, were there others of the workers there, helping people vote for Biden and the Democrat ticket, and even going into the little booth with them?" "Yeah, I remember on November 2nd, specifically," replies Jessy, and then explains how one of the poll workers, "he was working as a ballot-counter, and he was going to the poll, the polling booth, and standing by the side of the water, and helping them to complete the ballot, assisting the water. I really -- I was really concerned, but I didn't say anything. I don't know whether my supervisor saw that -- she was in the room -- but, he was doing that. . . . I knew it is wrong . . . but . . . I didn't say anything." So, what was wrong? A poll worker helped people fill out their ballots. Did he coach them to vote for Biden? Jessy's testimony says nothing of that. She simply feels it was wrong that he was helping them. Giuliani then asks about a day when three people came in, wearing Black Lives Matter T-shirts, and helping people vote. "No," Jessy responds, "What they did was . . . one of them was dropping the ballot into the box, some other one was cheering, and the other was taking picture and things like that. I knew it is also not right, but I cannot do anything. I was just sitting on my desk and doing my processing job, that is all." It would seem Jessy simply felt it was wrong for them to be taking pictures and cheering while casting a ballot. So, did Jessy see co-workers coaching voters to vote for Biden? Perhaps, but her words to the legislature fall short of that. One wonders why.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmsIs5QemG8
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