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Speaker 1 (00:00):
An accusation of voter intimidation and absentee ballot misconduct in
Bridgeport just days before tuesdays. Hold on, I'm just sorry,
there's an act apologize.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
That's my bad. No, no, no, obviously, that's got to
be from my twenty nineteen maybe maybe from twenty twenty three,
my bad. I h I gotta look at these dates.
I gotta get better than this. Oh well, no, this,
oh this is right now. Bridgeport Police investigating allegations of
(00:34):
absentee ballot misconduct in Bridgeportation.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
An absentee ballot misconduct in Bridgeport just days before Tuesday's
primary election, and tonight police confirming there's an active investigation
into this.
Speaker 3 (00:49):
A woman claiming former state senator Dennis Bradley opened her
sealed absentee ballot and instructed her to change her vote.
New's a chief political correspondent, Mikes Auley is live in
our Newspork Mike Zuri and Catherine Good evening to you. First,
some contexts here. As you said, Dennis Bradley, he's a
former Democratic state senator whose political rise was halted when
(01:09):
he was charged by federal prosecutors with wire fraud. They
found him guilty in March, his brother running for Bridgeport
probate judge and a Democratic primary against the incumbent, Paul Gannam.
Paul Gannam is the brother of Mayor Joe Gannam, no convict.
So two sets of brothers, two different federal convicts, and
(01:31):
one Bridgeport woman who showed us a video she says
proves an attempt to steal her vote.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
This is Bridgeport, this is another Gannam still mayor. It's
a mockery kind of the whole thing. It's a mockery
of what people like Jimmy four are right to vote.
It's embarrassing. It doesn't stop. The sitting governor of the
incumbent doesn't speak about it. Nobody does. I just saw
(02:03):
Chris Murphy's endorsement of his friend ned Lamont for a
third term. He says he's earned it due to all
the business that he's brought here. I don't even know
what you mean. Yeah, Like, was that a joke? And
now we've got allegations of absentee ballot because absentee bout
(02:24):
he did a lot for that Ned Lamont misconduct in Bridgeport. Like,
when is enoughing enough for any of you people?
Speaker 3 (02:33):
Lisa Dennis is the type of person who votes in
every election. She says she got her absentee ballot for
this summer's primaries and voted for the two row A Democrats,
Governor Ned Lamont and Judge Paul Gannham, the first top
two A. Then, on July thirtieth, she says, Dennis Bradley
showed up at her door with an unidentified man and
asked if she voted for the Roe B Probate judge candidate,
(02:56):
his brother Mark Bradley. Alicia said she allowed the two
men into her apartment and showed them her sealed, completed
ballot she hadn't returned yet. We zoomed in on this
video from a camera in Alicia's kitchen and highlighted the
item that Alicia says is her sealed ballot. She alleges
Dennis Bradley opened the envelope.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
Uh, if this doesn't give you pause. As far as
now our seniors, whoever, people are stopping by houses. You
got your ballot all set up because there's not one
day to vote anymore. We got a million ways to
vote it. Now there's gonna be house calls. Sometimes they're
gonna be nice, like we'd prefer you to other times
that they're gonna be. You're gonna do what our things
(03:38):
are gonna get real ugly. This is what you've made.
This is what ned La Mott was all about.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
To you.
Speaker 4 (03:46):
Let this one downs, Hand me a pin and point
to cross out where I marked and this circle the
bottom one.
Speaker 3 (03:55):
The two bes.
Speaker 2 (03:56):
All you have to do is here.
Speaker 4 (03:58):
They're gonna put it just across.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
That's balls.
Speaker 3 (04:00):
Manli with Bradley's instructions, switching her vote from Paul Gannham
to Mark Bradley. I did it.
Speaker 4 (04:08):
Because I was intimidated and I didn't know what was
gonna become of this anyway. I just wanted to do
what I had to do, and so they can get
out of my house. They gonna be like, who tied
you know that you did it on your own.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
I don't know this guy saying right out, yeah, you
want to change these you what are we gonna do that?
The ramifications, as far as those two men are concerned,
should be serious. This is an old lady, lay he's
ninety years old. This is reaping what you saw and
it's Bridgeport again, Like, who could sit idly buy for
(04:41):
this stuff?
Speaker 3 (04:42):
Were you inside an apartment on the man sure a
woman was crossing out Judge Gannam's name and filling on
your brother's name. Were you present when that happens or.
Speaker 4 (04:49):
Thank you very much for that opportunity. Let me say
it again, Judge Gannam is going out of his way
to create fake reports and fake news.
Speaker 3 (04:54):
Bradley kept up his criticism of Paul and Joe Gannam. Yes, so, now,
have you ever opened a sealed absent about I'm.
Speaker 4 (05:00):
Going to answer can answer your question. You specifically said
that a person made an accusation about me, and I'm telling
you that time and time again. Judge Ganham has used
SEC and the complaint system to make false reports and
false allegations.
Speaker 3 (05:10):
Then we showed Bradley the video is that you walking
into the apartment there at you.
Speaker 2 (05:14):
Dude, what do you mean?
Speaker 3 (05:18):
What's that that you're looking at on the table with her?
Speaker 4 (05:21):
I'm looking at a sheet?
Speaker 3 (05:23):
Yeap, that is what in your hands right now?
Speaker 4 (05:25):
I'm looking at a sheet. I have no idea.
Speaker 3 (05:27):
Bradley contends there's no way to verify whether that item
in the video is what Alicia says it is. Again
and again we asked him if he had ever opened
another person's sealed ballot or if he has ever been
present when a person fills out their ballot. Both actions
are crimes with narrow exceptions. It's a straightforward question. Have
you ever opened another person's a ballot envelope?
Speaker 4 (05:48):
I'm answering a straightforward These gentlemens have gone out of
their way to make false reportmans Now.
Speaker 3 (05:53):
Alicia did call the police after that episode in her apartment.
She told us she never mailed the absentee ballot, voted
early in person for Judge Gannam. She told us the
detective came and put her absentee ballot into an evidence
bag and bridge Poort police, as you said at the top,
there confirmed there's an investigation.
Speaker 2 (06:12):
It's a Democrat against Democrat, and there's a whole lot
of that in Bridgeport. This guy's got the audacity to
be on a tear and then, sir Rule, he's got
the guts to watch a video together. He got all
Chris Harrison, he got catcher predator on them. Is that
you right there? It appears to be does it? Does
(06:33):
it appear to be you? You're in the same shirt, dude,
and you're strong arming a ninety year old black woman.
He showed up at her apartment and forced her to
change her vote. The governor, any governor in their right mind,
would have a press conference today about this
An accusation of voter intimidation and absentee ballot misconduct in
Bridgeport just days before tuesdays. Hold on, I'm just sorry,
there's an act apologize.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
That's my bad. No, no, no, obviously, that's got to
be from my twenty nineteen maybe maybe from twenty twenty three,
my bad. I h I gotta look at these dates.
I gotta get better than this. Oh well, no, this,
oh this is right now. Bridgeport Police investigating allegations of
(00:34):
absentee ballot misconduct in Bridgeportation.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
An absentee ballot misconduct in Bridgeport just days before Tuesday's
primary election, and tonight police confirming there's an active investigation
into this.
Speaker 3 (00:49):
A woman claiming former state senator Dennis Bradley opened her
sealed absentee ballot and instructed her to change her vote.
New's a chief political correspondent, Mikes Auley is live in
our Newspork Mike Zuri and Catherine Good evening to you. First,
some contexts here. As you said, Dennis Bradley, he's a
former Democratic state senator whose political rise was halted when
(01:09):
he was charged by federal prosecutors with wire fraud. They
found him guilty in March, his brother running for Bridgeport
probate judge and a Democratic primary against the incumbent, Paul Gannam.
Paul Gannam is the brother of Mayor Joe Gannam, no convict.
So two sets of brothers, two different federal convicts, and
(01:31):
one Bridgeport woman who showed us a video she says
proves an attempt to steal her vote.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
This is Bridgeport, this is another Gannam still mayor. It's
a mockery kind of the whole thing. It's a mockery
of what people like Jimmy four are right to vote.
It's embarrassing. It doesn't stop. The sitting governor of the
incumbent doesn't speak about it. Nobody does. I just saw
(02:03):
Chris Murphy's endorsement of his friend ned Lamont for a
third term. He says he's earned it due to all
the business that he's brought here. I don't even know
what you mean. Yeah, Like, was that a joke? And
now we've got allegations of absentee ballot because absentee bout
(02:24):
he did a lot for that Ned Lamont misconduct in Bridgeport. Like,
when is enoughing enough for any of you people?
Speaker 3 (02:33):
Lisa Dennis is the type of person who votes in
every election. She says she got her absentee ballot for
this summer's primaries and voted for the two row A Democrats,
Governor Ned Lamont and Judge Paul Gannham, the first top
two A. Then, on July thirtieth, she says, Dennis Bradley
showed up at her door with an unidentified man and
asked if she voted for the Roe B Probate judge candidate,
(02:56):
his brother Mark Bradley. Alicia said she allowed the two
men into her apartment and showed them her sealed, completed
ballot she hadn't returned yet. We zoomed in on this
video from a camera in Alicia's kitchen and highlighted the
item that Alicia says is her sealed ballot. She alleges
Dennis Bradley opened the envelope.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
Uh, if this doesn't give you pause. As far as
now our seniors, whoever, people are stopping by houses. You
got your ballot all set up because there's not one
day to vote anymore. We got a million ways to
vote it. Now there's gonna be house calls. Sometimes they're
gonna be nice, like we'd prefer you to other times
that they're gonna be. You're gonna do what our things
(03:38):
are gonna get real ugly. This is what you've made.
This is what ned La Mott was all about.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
To you.
Speaker 4 (03:46):
Let this one downs, Hand me a pin and point
to cross out where I marked and this circle the
bottom one.
Speaker 3 (03:55):
The two bes.
Speaker 2 (03:56):
All you have to do is here.
Speaker 4 (03:58):
They're gonna put it just across.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
That's balls.
Speaker 3 (04:00):
Manli with Bradley's instructions, switching her vote from Paul Gannham
to Mark Bradley. I did it.
Speaker 4 (04:08):
Because I was intimidated and I didn't know what was
gonna become of this anyway. I just wanted to do
what I had to do, and so they can get
out of my house. They gonna be like, who tied
you know that you did it on your own.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
I don't know this guy saying right out, yeah, you
want to change these you what are we gonna do that?
The ramifications, as far as those two men are concerned,
should be serious. This is an old lady, lay he's
ninety years old. This is reaping what you saw and
it's Bridgeport again, Like, who could sit idly buy for
(04:41):
this stuff?
Speaker 3 (04:42):
Were you inside an apartment on the man sure a
woman was crossing out Judge Gannam's name and filling on
your brother's name. Were you present when that happens or.
Speaker 4 (04:49):
Thank you very much for that opportunity. Let me say
it again, Judge Gannam is going out of his way
to create fake reports and fake news.
Speaker 3 (04:54):
Bradley kept up his criticism of Paul and Joe Gannam. Yes, so, now,
have you ever opened a sealed absent about I'm.
Speaker 4 (05:00):
Going to answer can answer your question. You specifically said
that a person made an accusation about me, and I'm telling
you that time and time again. Judge Ganham has used
SEC and the complaint system to make false reports and
false allegations.
Speaker 3 (05:10):
Then we showed Bradley the video is that you walking
into the apartment there at you.
Speaker 2 (05:14):
Dude, what do you mean?
Speaker 3 (05:18):
What's that that you're looking at on the table with her?
Speaker 4 (05:21):
I'm looking at a sheet?
Speaker 3 (05:23):
Yeap, that is what in your hands right now?
Speaker 4 (05:25):
I'm looking at a sheet. I have no idea.
Speaker 3 (05:27):
Bradley contends there's no way to verify whether that item
in the video is what Alicia says it is. Again
and again we asked him if he had ever opened
another person's sealed ballot or if he has ever been
present when a person fills out their ballot. Both actions
are crimes with narrow exceptions. It's a straightforward question. Have
you ever opened another person's a ballot envelope?
Speaker 4 (05:48):
I'm answering a straightforward These gentlemens have gone out of
their way to make false reportmans Now.
Speaker 3 (05:53):
Alicia did call the police after that episode in her apartment.
She told us she never mailed the absentee ballot, voted
early in person for Judge Gannam. She told us the
detective came and put her absentee ballot into an evidence
bag and bridge Poort police, as you said at the top,
there confirmed there's an investigation.
Speaker 2 (06:12):
It's a Democrat against Democrat, and there's a whole lot
of that in Bridgeport. This guy's got the audacity to
be on a tear and then, sir Rule, he's got
the guts to watch a video together. He got all
Chris Harrison, he got catcher predator on them. Is that
you right there? It appears to be does it? Does
(06:33):
it appear to be you? You're in the same shirt, dude,
and you're strong arming a ninety year old black woman.
He showed up at her apartment and forced her to
change her vote. The governor, any governor in their right mind,
would have a press conference today about this
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