Vacaville – A new group in Solano County, believed to have ties to national extremist movements, canceled an event with Douglas G. Frank, a former math and science teacher who spread false claims about the 2020 election, a day after being questioned about the event by the Vallejo Sun newspaper.

The Solano Safety Committee, which had planned to invite Frank to speak at Vacaville, also shut down its website late Wednesday. It is unclear who is behind this newly formed group, but the group is not a California-registered organization and its officers are identified by first name only. After the Sun inquired about their identities, the leader’s photo was removed from the website, and the group refused to provide a surname until the entire site was taken down. The website’s domain name was registered anonymously in March.

In a series of speaking engagements around the country, Frank spread unsubstantiated and misleading false theories about the 2020 election, I think I’m under investigation by the FBI. After the data has been illegally removed from the local authority. Frank worked for MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, an ally of former President Donald Trump who has widely spread conspiracy theories about the 2020 election.

The August 10th event with Frank at Vacaville Veterans Hall was supposed to be the group’s second event, following their first outreach event in July. The event was canceled Wednesday without explanation after the Sun questioned the group about concerns that Frank’s remarks undermined undue trust in the county’s voting system and a recent incident in which Frank appeared to have called for violence.

This group also national liberty alliance, a group that encourages people to set up local “safety committees,” form militias, and pledge local sheriffs to follow a “constitutional sheriff” ideology (a fringe notion that claims the sheriff has ultimate authority to enforce the U.S. Constitution). The Solano Commission claimed on its website that Solano County Sheriff Tom Ferrara said he agreed with those views, which Ferrara later disputed.

Frank traveled the country, speaking to small audiences and meeting with election officials. Frank, a former math and science teacher in Ohio, said he gave more than 300 talks last year, according to the Solano Safety Commission.

His conclusion that an algorithm created by an unknown conspirator uses a large number of ghost voters to determine the outcome of US elections was further amplified by Lindell. Frank also said at a Trump rally.

inside recently appeared in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, Frank even seemed to be inciting violence. “When Antifa comes to town, what’s your instinct? Call the sheriff? Wrong. When Antifa comes to town, get an AR, call your neighbors, meet them on the street, run errands. The next day, call the sheriff and clean up the mess,” he said.

he continued. “When you have a problem, you solve it yourself instead of calling lawmakers. Maybe in three years Congress will solve it.

At the same meeting in Pennsylvania, Mr. Frank claimed he was working with sheriffs across California and would soon expose mass voter fraud. He suggested that when voter rolls grow faster than the population, despite possible increases in registrations due to demographic changes, successful registration efforts, or universal suffrage, it suggests voter fraud has been added. He also repeatedly falsely said that the local election commission was not in charge of counting votes.

Justin Glimmer, a professor of political science at Stanford University, thoroughly investigated Frank’s allegations, Created a website denying Frank’s fraud allegations. Glimmer said Frank has recruited volunteers to find voter fraud, but he often claims nothing has been found.

“I’ve spent a lot of time researching his allegations,” Grimmer said. “I haven’t seen a single individual case of voter fraud that he has surfaced. He makes allegations, but he has never shown that voter fraud exists.”

Glimmer said Frank’s lectures are typically long autobiographical accounts of expertise, short on concrete content and evidence, and often overly complex presentations that flag predictable results as anomalies or rely on faulty assumptions. “He’s going to make claims about voter fraud and the ability to make accurate predictions. That claim turned out to be a very creative way of showing the next surprising fact: the more populated the age group in the county, the more people are going to vote,” Grimmer said.

Glimmer, in particular, said there was no evidence that Frank’s analysis indicated fraud, and although he would not actually provide it, he would argue that the evidence lies elsewhere.

In an invitation to the event sent to The Sun, the Solano Safety Commission wrote that Frank was “an amazing patriot and the knowledge he provides will lead to the public outreach needed to gather the evidence that will be provided to the Sheriff and Oversight Board to justify the removal of the machine.”

But in a series of emails, the head of the Solano Safety Committee, who identified herself only as Jennifer, characterized Frank’s speech as an educational talk about the voting process and citizens.

“We know nothing about Dr. Frank’s analysis of Solano County voter data,” she said. “That said, there is certainly a lot to be learned about the voting process, and this will be a great opportunity for any participant to get a glimpse of what citizens are doing in action.”

Jennifer declined to answer a question about whether Frank would spread false information that inappropriately undermines trust in the country’s voting system.

“We are non-partisan and have read a lot of negative and positive press on Dr. Frank. Unfortunately, the very dogmatic coverage makes us feel we should hear for ourselves presentations on all areas of our government, whether left or right,” she wrote.

The event page has since been edited to state that “the content of a speaker’s presentation is not necessarily the opinion of Solano COS.” The organization’s website went offline late Wednesday, canceling the event with Frank.

The group only started a few months ago, but its leaders have already met with Sheriff Tom Ferrara. The commission posted a photo on its website of him and three other senior members of the sheriff’s office and members of the commission’s leadership, declaring Mr. Ferrara to be a “constitutional sheriff” and claiming that he is “the last line of defense in defending and defending the constitution” and has a duty to protect the people from threats to their constitutional rights “whether they are Yemeni terrorists or Solano district councilors.”

Calling Ferrara an “unconstitutional sheriff” suggests he is associated with the sheriff. Constitutional Sheriff and Peace Officers Association, a non-marginal group founded by former Graham County, Arizona Sheriff Richard Mack, who was also an officer of the national militia organization, the Oath Keepers. Mack’s group argues that “county sheriffs have the power and duty to enforce the Constitution and protect the population from uncontrolled federal excesses.”Mac has As many as 300 sheriffs nationwide claimed membership.

Ferrara has previously reacted to the influence of extremist ideology within his office after several lawmakers expressed support for the three percentile movement. Ferrara then said lawmakers were going to show their support for the Second Amendment, and since then he has added information about extremist movements to his regular training.

Sheriff Captain Bill Elbert, in an interview, disputed that Ferrara subscribed to the ideology described on the commission’s website. Elbert said Ferrara was once invited to meet with the group, but he declined to meet again. He said Ferrara was unaware that his likeness and his sheriff’s logo would be used on the organization’s website. He said Ferrara is not a member of the Association of Constitutional Sheriffs Peacemakers and that he does not believe he has the authority to unilaterally declare laws unconstitutional or unenforceable.

Solano Safety Commission Chairman Jennifer declined to give her last name, but denied the group endorsed a constitutional sheriff ideology or was affiliated with extremist groups.

However, the description of the constitutional sheriff on the Commission’s web page is quoted almost verbatim. National League of Liberties websiteIt states, “It is the sheriff’s duty to protect the county from those who take our liberty, whether it be Yemeni terrorists, Washington D.C. bureaucrats, or foreigners.”

of national liberty alliance It encourages people to form local safety committees, organize militias, and pledge local sheriffs to follow constitutional sheriff ideology. The Solano Safety Commission website states that the commission’s organizational handbook was written by National Liberty Alliance co-founder John Darash.

Jennifer declined to answer questions about the content of the group’s website or the group’s relationship with the National Liberty League.