Federal authorities say Peña hired others to conduct the shootings but carried out at least one himself. Text messages show the 40-year-old candidate bristling with outrage as Bernalillo county commissions certified the results of the midterm election and his overwhelming defeat for a seat in the state house. The indictment outlines smart-phone communications including text messages by Peña in the days following the 8 November election that pinpoint the locations of officials’ homes, allege election-rigging and confide to a politically ally about plans to “press the attack”. But in one case bullets passed through the bedroom of a state senator’s 10-year-old daughter. “In America, voters pick their leaders and would-be leaders don’t get to pick which voters they heed, which rules apply to them, or which laws to follow.” “Peña targeted several of these public officials because, in their official capacity, they certified the election, which he lost,” Uballez told reporters.
The US attorney Alexander Uballez highlighted that the shootings targeted the homes of two county commissioners shortly after their certification of the 2022 election. The attacks came amid a surge of threats and acts of intimidation against election workers and public officials after Donald Trump and his allies spread false claims about the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.
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