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Cassandra Jaramillo

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Cassandra Jaramillo (she/her) was a reporter for Reveal, focusing on police accountability and threats to democracy. She previously was a reporter at The Dallas Morning News, where she covered the Dallas Police Department and criminal justice issues.

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An illustration shows a billboard reading VOTE that has been crossed out to read NOPE
Posted inVoting

The Big Grift Behind the Big Lie

Portrait of steven rascón by Cassandra Jaramillo, Nadia Hamdan, Katharine Mieszkowski, Brett Myers, Taki Telonidis, Andy Donohue, Nikki Frick, Amy Mostafa, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Kathryn Styer Martínez and Steven Rascón September 10, 2022September 14, 2022

The group True the Vote has collected millions off spreading “the big lie” that the 2020 election was stolen by voter fraud.

A split image with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on the left and True the Vote founder Catherine Engelbrecht on the right.
Posted inVoting

Group Behind ‘2000 Mules’ Has Deep Ties to Ken Paxton

by Cassandra Jaramillo July 21, 2022July 26, 2022

The Texas attorney general would be the one to hold True the Vote accountable on allegations that it swindled a $2.5 million donor. But the nonprofit’s founder has been a friend and ally.

Catherine Engelbrecht, founder of True the Vote
Posted inVoting

She Helped Create the Big Lie. Records Suggest She Turned It Into a Big Grift.

by Cassandra Jaramillo June 8, 2022June 8, 2022

A review of thousands of pages of documents paints the picture of True the Vote as an organization that enriches insiders rather than rooting out voter fraud.

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Catherine Engelbrecht stands on a podium. A large screen behind her says, “King Street Patriots” and “True the Vote.”
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6 Takeaways From Our Investigation Into a Prominent Voter Fraud Nonprofit

by Cassandra Jaramillo June 8, 2022June 7, 2022

The story of True the Vote highlights how exploiting Trump’s Big Lie has become a lucrative enterprise, growing from a cottage industry to a thriving economy.

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