Ivan Raiklin is the progenitor of the Pence card, [1] [2] [3] which he tweeted to President Trump on December 16, 2020 (who in turn retweeted it), which outlined a novel legal theory to overturn the legitimate result of the 2020 US Presidential election. This tweet was the precursor of the Eastman memos. The Pence Card was one of a series of attempts to overturn the election.
In the event of Trump winning a second term the self-proclaimed "Secretary of Retribution" claims that he would use constitutional sheriffs from conservative, rural counties to conduct raids (preferably live-streamed) of Trump's enemies, of which he has a " Deep State Target List" of 350 people. Said list has been in circulation in right-wing circles since January 2024. [4] The sheriffs would purportedly deputize some 75,000 military veterans whom he claims were forced out of service because they refused to comply with COVID-19 vaccine mandates. [5] [6]
A long-time associate of Michael Flynn, [7] he is a former Lt.-Col. Army reservist, [7] having served as a Green Beret, and a former employee of the Defense Intelligence Agency. [8] A registered Republican, he failed to gather enough signatures to qualify for the Republican primary of June 12, 2018 for the U.S. Senate to represent Virginia. [9] He later sued both the party and the commonwealth over the ballot access denial; [10] federal district judge John A. Gibney, Jr. denied the request inasmuch as the suit was brought too late. [11]
An EIN Presswire press release, dated June 27, 2024, announced that Raiklin will serve on the board of directors for America’s Future, a nonprofit established by Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn (Ret.). [12]
Master list of Nixon's political opponents
Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election
Ivan Raiklin is the progenitor of the Pence card, [1] [2] [3] which he tweeted to President Trump on December 16, 2020 (who in turn retweeted it), which outlined a novel legal theory to overturn the legitimate result of the 2020 US Presidential election. This tweet was the precursor of the Eastman memos. The Pence Card was one of a series of attempts to overturn the election.
In the event of Trump winning a second term the self-proclaimed "Secretary of Retribution" claims that he would use constitutional sheriffs from conservative, rural counties to conduct raids (preferably live-streamed) of Trump's enemies, of which he has a " Deep State Target List" of 350 people. Said list has been in circulation in right-wing circles since January 2024. [4] The sheriffs would purportedly deputize some 75,000 military veterans whom he claims were forced out of service because they refused to comply with COVID-19 vaccine mandates. [5] [6]
A long-time associate of Michael Flynn, [7] he is a former Lt.-Col. Army reservist, [7] having served as a Green Beret, and a former employee of the Defense Intelligence Agency. [8] A registered Republican, he failed to gather enough signatures to qualify for the Republican primary of June 12, 2018 for the U.S. Senate to represent Virginia. [9] He later sued both the party and the commonwealth over the ballot access denial; [10] federal district judge John A. Gibney, Jr. denied the request inasmuch as the suit was brought too late. [11]
An EIN Presswire press release, dated June 27, 2024, announced that Raiklin will serve on the board of directors for America’s Future, a nonprofit established by Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn (Ret.). [12]
Master list of Nixon's political opponents
Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election