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DA balks at effort to dismiss voting complaint against state senator
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The district attorney who obtained a grand jury indictment against state Sen. Pete Lee is continuing to fight for the complaint to go forward to trial. Lee, D-Colorado Springs, was indicted in August on one class 5 felony charge of falsifying his residency information for voting purposes. Last month, Lee’s attorney filed a motion to…
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District attorney to move forward on Sen. Pete Lee indictment
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The Fourth Judicial District intends to move forward on a felony charge filed against state Sen. Pete Lee, despite District Attorney Michael Allen’s office acknowledging it presented incorrect information to a grand jury. Allen’s office in a tweet Wednesday said despite receiving an update on a key part of information cited by prosecutors, “the evidence continues…
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El Paso County grand jury indictment shows two counts against state Sen. Pete Lee
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An Aug. 3 El Paso County grand jury indictment charging state Sen. Pete Lee with falsifying residency information pertains to votes he cast in El Paso County elections in 2019 and 2020. The indictment contains two counts: a violation of CRS 1-13-709.5, which says any person who votes by knowingly giving false information regarding the elector’s…