They were sued last year for participating in an “escalating scheme of voter intimidation and harassment” during Arizona’s 2022 elections. Next month, they’ll have promotional real estate at a conference organized by Turning Point USA, the influential conservative organization led by MAGA personality Charlie Kirk.The Yavapai County-based Lions of Liberty, a far-right group with ties to the extremist militia group Oath Keepers, will host a sponsored booth at Turning Point’s annual “AmericaFest” event in Phoenix. The Dec. 16-19 event will feature a bevy of conservative politicians aligned with former President Donald Trump.In its email newsletter, Lions of Liberty has been advertising a discount code giving 50%-off AmericaFest admissions, which was given to them as part of the sponsorship, according to a copy of the emails obtained by The Arizona Republic.The partnership was first highlighted by the social media account Arizona Right Watch, which posted screenshots of AmericaFest promotional materials that advertised the Lions of Liberty discount code.Lions of Liberty was one of several far-right groups engaged in an effort to monitor ballot drop boxes during the 2022 elections, motivated by the conspiracy theory that “ballot mules” were illegally depositing multiple ballots during the previous election. Ballot box watchers were instructed to photograph anyone believed to be depositing multiple ballots, along with the person’s car and license plate, according to an investigation at the time by the Arizona Mirror.The League of Women Voters of Arizona sued several of the groups involved in the dropbox surveillance plan, including Lions of Liberty, alleging that their behavior amounted to “intimidating voters by collecting their personal information and surveilling them while carrying firearms and wearing military tactical gear.” They also alleged the groups were “propagating false information to citizens about the manner in which they can lawfully vote and groundlessly claiming that voters are engaged in election crimes,” …
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