We are no longer accepting comments on this article. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Chris Organ, Assistant Professor of Evolutionary Biology, University of Reading. So anyways, I want to make this very clear. A video captioned, This is like pretty much the trumpiest thing Ive ever seen has 16.3 million views on Twitter. Grot and Carone have been entangled in a months long fight for political power in Macomb County. Houston Keene is a politics writer for Fox News Digital. She came off as too brazen and overconfident to be authentic in front of lawmakers. I witnessed over 20 counts of election fraud in a 27 hour period. All rights reserved. Two pictures show her ringside at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit in January 2012, walking around a cage with a sign raised and posing in a bejeweled bikini with an MMA belt slung over her shoulder. Then the impeachment process. Republican Mellissa Carone made a series of unverified allegations of fraud at the hearing, which was part of Donald Trump's push to have already-certified votes overturned. It was the second time in recent months that Ms. Carone had been disqualified as a candidate: The Macomb County Clerk & Register of Deeds barred her in March from the Aug. 2 primary for state representative. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images). I am a mother, I have two children, I have two degrees. Join Facebook to connect with Mellissa Carone and others you may know. The club was shuttered after four men were charged with torturing a man in the basement - a scene that wouldn't be out of place in an episode of HBO's The Sopranos, which features a strip club of the same name, Carone's past has come to light as the attorney general of Texas filed suit this week seeking to overturn the presidential election vote in four states, with the case relying in part on Carone's testimony, DailyMail.com revealed shortly after her testimony that she had only finished probation in September after being charged with a computer crime, In regards to her dancing days, a source from Carone's hometown of Allen Park, Michigan, described Carone working at the Bada Bing as the 'worst kept secret in our little town'. We have to go back to paper ballots, voting in-person and just ONE election day. Both Grot and Weiser have denied doing anything improper. The Detroit Metro Times reports that Shelby Township Clerk Stan Grot filed a lawsuit in Macomb County Circuit Court late last week that accused Carone of making repeated defamatory statements about him, including claims that he conducted "illegal elections," and took money from "an illegal immigrant to turn in a lottery ticket.". BTW Lansing is PACKED too, Im am here I will be posting on it later today. The page indicates that shes engaged. . On November the 3rd and 4th, 2020, I worked for Dominion Voting Systems as an IT Professional at the TCF Center. The president's attorneys, led by . Carone's probation ended on September 13, just weeks before Election Day, when a temporary staffing agency employed Carone to assist Dominion Voting Systems as an IT contractor in Detroit. Throughout Melissa Carone's baffling sound-off about unproven voter fraud, many viewers questioned whether they were watching a surprise Saturday Night Live skit, or if Ms. Carone was an . 2023 www.detroitnews.com. She already plays Rudy. Sailor Surprises His Mom . You can read her claims in court documents here that were submitted as part of the Trump campaigns unsuccessful attempt to stop certification of the Wayne County election results. The Macomb Daily first reported Grot's lawsuits Monday. And on Twitter he said, Thats not a sexually explicit drag show.. Melissa Carone is a contract IT worker who was a key witness in the Trump campaign's Michiganvoter fraud claims. "Take it and do something crazy to it? Even if I dont end up on the ballot, my voice will be heard. We belong to a group of animals called land-dwelling sarcopterygians, but vast amounts of evolutionary change have obscured our appearance. Mellissa Carone appeared in a viral video showing her "dressing down" of Johnson a Republican lawmaker in Michigan on December 2 2020. These adaptations include a spring-like Achilles tendon which helps store energy, a long stride and balanced centre of gravity, and sweating to cool down. The counters (which were trained very little or not at all), were handed a batch (stack of 50) of mail-in ballots in which they would run through the tabulator. Melissa Carone, who served as a "star witness" for attorney Rudy Giuliani in his failed attempts to get President Joe Biden's win in Michigan overturned, is now being sued by a Republican clerk whom she had accused of a wide variety of crimes. A still from the video that is being circulated on social media. Rep. Madison Cawthorn was targeted by the American Muckrakers PAC in his primary election. Disclosure: Equality Texas has been a financial supporter of The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization that is funded in part by donations from members, foundations and corporate sponsors. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Mellissa Carone, the star witness in the Trump campaign's "voter fraud" case in Michigan, has become the subject of speculation claiming she was paid to make the allegations of ballot tampering. Giuliani helped to lead the Trump campaign's legal effort to contest the 2020 election, filing lawsuits that purported to expose ballot fraud and staging public hearings in the swing states where Trump lost narrowly. I have been on over a dozen news program and have given countless interviews on how our election was stolen. On Tuesday, The Daily Mail also reported that Carone used to dance at the Bada Bing club, which has the same name as the infamous strip club featured in HBO's hit show The Sopranos, in 2010. In the suit, filed late on Monday in the name of the State of Texas, its attorney general Ken Paxton argues that Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Georgia violated the Constitution's Elections Clause with their dramatic expansion of mail-in ballots amid thecoronaviruspandemic. Mellissa Carone, who went viral following her eccentric performance at the Michigan House Oversight Committee in December, is running for a seat in the Michigan State House, according to a local. Melissa Carone, who went viral for her supporting role in Donald Trump 's attempts to have votes overturned in the 2020 presidential election, has been disqualified from running in a Republican . By the end of the Triassic period roughly 201 million years ago, both dinosaurs and mammals had evolved excellent running abilities. For example, our fins (limbs) have bony supports and muscular lobes that allow us to move on land. Facebook ", "In addition to the civil defamation claims that will be filed, Muckrakers actions are criminally liable. Bill Lee signed a bill into law Thursday that bans "adult cabaret performances" on public property. If you ask Rep. Nate Schatzline, R-Fort Worth, about the time he wore a dress for a school theater project, it was just a joke. Giuliani then leaned over and gently shushed her. All Rights Reserved. Rep Steven Johnson's questioned Carone on the thousands of votes that were allegedly counted multiple times, noting: "Were not seeing the poll book off by 30,000 votes.". Roy has denied that. Those include his rejection of a border security proposal by his fellow Texas Republican Rep. Chip Roy, and his support of a bill defending same-sex marriage protections and a bipartisan gun law that passed in response to the Uvalde school shooting in his district. Melissa, history will remember and thank you! But when the lawsuits filed by Giuliani and other Trump allies actually reached the courts, they ended up being tossed out by judges -- sometimes in scathing terms. This follows a previous press conference held in the parking lot of a Philadelphia landscaping company called Four Seasons rather than the upscale hotel chain, leading many to believe there had been a scheduling snafu. She was regarded as the president's 'star witness' despite a judge saying her claims were unfounded, Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani even tried to shush Carone at one point during her 30-minute testimony at the hearing on December 2. But the intraparty sniping has not subsided, especially as Gonzales has vocally opposed the border security bill from Roy, which would give the secretary of Homeland Security the power to bar border crossings and detain asylum-seekers while their cases are processed in court. During the episode's cold open, a farting Rudy Giuliani (played by Kate . Powered by. Giuliani had even tried to shush her at one point during her 30-minute testimony, as she asserted: 'I know what I saw. School Boards have way to much power. Melissa Carone, who was an IT contractor for Dominion Voting Systems on election day, testified before a Michigan House panel in December 2020 that she had witnessed electoral fraud take place in . The party is normally required to remain neutral in intraparty contests. I dont care.. Critics say the proposals stem from the legislators willful misrepresentation of drag. ExploreTalent is neither an employment agent nor a modeling agency. pic.twitter.com/3xsdquCZD8, Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) December 1, 2020, The profile picture on the Facebook page shows Carone with Giuliani. And he sought Thursday to shift the spotlight to issues on which Republicans are more unified, attending a news conference to oppose a San Antonio ballot proposition that would decriminalize abortion. As a witness in Rudy's . Rep. Lauren Boebert was targeted by the American Muckrakers PAC with "false and disgusting" claims of being an "unlicensed paid escort. U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-San Antonio, is digging in as he faces a potential censure by the Republican Party of Texas over his recent positions breaking with the party. [1] [2] Carone, who was working for Dominion Voting Services during the 2020 presidential election count. Two drag queens the Tribune reached out to did not respond to comment. Melissa Carone, an information technology worker who said she was contracted by Dominion for the election, was brought on the show to tell Mr. Lindell that she watched thousands of ballots run . I am a Mother of two beautiful children and they are the future of this Great State. The comments below have not been moderated. Boebert's attorney sent a letter to the American Muckrakers PAC regarding the claims that she was an "unlicensed paid escort" who had "two abortions," pledging to bring "civil defamation" lawsuits against the PAC. That kind of stuff doesnt make me mad. Melissa Carone is an actress, freelance IT administrator and the star witness for the 2020 Donald Trump election challenge legal team, featuring Rudy Giuliani. Melissa Carone, who was working for Dominion Voting Systems, speaks in front of the Michigan House Oversight Committee in Lansing, Michigan on December 2, 2020. Still, the campaign has continued using Carone as a witness, bringing her to an oversight panel at the Michigan House of Representatives on Wednesday, where she defended herself in part by saying there were other campaign witnesses who would corroborate her.