Joe Ganim

And what worries me is that it's being used to sell us a system that would make fraud even easier to commit.

Some examples of fraud include in 2023, Bridgeport, Connecticut Mayor Joe Ganim won his Democratic primary by 251 votes, but then his challenger's campaign got ahold of surveillance video showing a woman putting what appeared to be multiple absentee ballots into a drop box, and the challenger identified her as the vice chair of the city's Democratic Party And so a judge ordered the primary to run again.

Five people have pleaded guilty, and she now faces 96 criminal counts.

In 2018, the Republican candidate from North Carolina's 9th District, Leslie McCrae Dowless, came out on election night ahead by 905 votes.

City Councilman Alfredo Castillo has faced multiple arrests and more than 30 charges from 2019, 2023, and 2025 involving illegal possession, being present during ballot execution, misrepresenting eligibility, and other related acts.

In the 2023 mayoral primary, Joe Ganim versus John Gomes, surveillance video of operatives depositing stacks of ballots into drop boxes contributed to the court ordering a redo.

You have other figures in that same area.

Wanda Getter Pataki and others have faced dozens of counts, all with the same pattern, going back, folks, for decades.

Stand by real quick.

inside an apartment on East Main Street while a woman was crossing out Judge Gannon's name and filling in your brother's name.

Were you present when that happened?

Sure, thank you very much for that opportunity.

Let me say it again.

Judge Gannon is going out of his way to create fake reports and fake news.

Bradley kept up his criticism of Paul and Joe Gannon.

Yes or no, have you ever opened a sealed absentee ballot? Can I answer your question? You specifically said that a person made an accusation about me.

Listen,

every time we're talking about Joe Ganim, every time Joe Ganim's up against a wall, the people vote for him.

There's no question they vote for him.

But you're a Bridgeport boy.

What both cases share is what happened next inside the Bridgeport Police Department.

On January 30th, 2022, Mayor Joseph Ganim announced that two detectives, Angel Llanos and Kevin Cronin, were being suspended over how they had handled both Brenda's case and Lauren's case.

Both detectives were later reinstated after an appeal.

Both families went on to file federal civil rights lawsuits against the city, together seeking roughly $60 million combined.