Files Discredit Accusation That Democrats Tried to Hack the Georgia Election

> The internet activity that Kemp’s staff described as hacking attempts was actually scans by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that the secretary of state’s office had agreed to, according to the GBI. Kemp’s chief information officer signed off on the DHS scans three months beforehand.

Making partisan hacking accusations without any shred of evidence or proof should have been disqualifying for the governor's campaign.

As a reminder, Brian Kemp is the former Georgia secretary of state who oversaw his own election to governor where he won with 50.2% of the vote, in a state that uses electronic voting machines with no paper trail.

It’s hard to believe he wasn’t informed that it was DHS who was scanning networks before he came out and made these statements.

The problem with spreading or suppressing information during elections is that there really isn’t any recourse or punishment, all that can really be done is to try to vote the individual out of office. Once they’re elected, whatever was said during the campaign tends to fade from memory, or in this case, it’s difficult to summon the energy to pick this particular battle to fight given everything else that’s happening around us.

Rahm Emmanuel kept the Laquan McDonald police footage sealed until after his re-election as Chicago Mayor. Sure, he didn’t come out and make false statements days before an election, but the omission of truth around such a brutal killing highlights the systemic problem of police brutality, which we’re all witnessing again in Minneapolis.

How does one hold politicians responsible when they do what Kemp did in this case? It’s clear that he’s set up to deny knowledge, but that’s just so hard to believe.