Has NH AG Dropped Unsworn Falsification Charge Against Joe Barton?

by
Steve MacDonald

NH Judicial

On September 1st, 2015 Joe Barton was arrested and charged by the New Hampshire Attorney General’s office with falsifying a letter from State NHGOP Chair Jennifer Horn, to act as a vote challenger in the town of Newmarket, in the November 2014 election. The arrest received a great deal of media attention, in conjunction with other charges brought by the AG against Barton for an altercation at the polling place on election day.

An anonymous source has notified me that a hearing to be held today was cancelled by assistant NH AG Stephen Labonte, who invoked Nolle Prosequi on the charge of unsworn falsification. The AG does not have evidence to prosecute. Innocent is another way to put it. So, could this have any bearing on the remaining charges?

(WMUR) Barton was charged with disorderly conduct, simple assault and resisting arrest on Nov. 4 after an altercation with an investigator from the Attorney General’s Office at the Newmarket Town Hall.

Barton is a well-known New Hampshire political figure on the right. Favreau, who is the cousin of Jon Favreau the Obama speechwriter, has ties to the Obama left. The November 2014 contest was heated, all the way down to the last ballot. The NH AG’s office has a history of aiding and abetting non-resident voters who always turn out to be Democrats, the sort of people Joe Barton might be contesting on election day.

While I am wondering things has Peter Favreau ever domiciled a non-resident voter?

Will the same media that covered the arrest cover the AG tossing in the towel on the charge of unsworn falsification?

Questions, questions…

 

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  • Steve MacDonald

    Steve is a long-time New Hampshire resident, blogger, and a member of the Board of directors of The 603 Alliance. He is the owner of Grok Media LLC and the Managing Editor of GraniteGrok.com, a former board member of the Republican Liberty Caucus of New Hampshire, and a past contributor to the Franklin Center for Public Policy.

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