Archive: https://archive.today/E76S0 From the post: >>Three people were indicted on federal charges after they allegedly staged a hate crime hoax leading up to the 2023 Colorado Springs mayoral run-off election, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Colorado announced Tuesday. Derrick Bernard, Jr., 35, Ashely Blackcloud, 40, and Deanna West, 38, were each charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States and using fire to intimidate, according to our sister station, KOAA News5, in Colorado Springs.