Breaking: Former Rep. LeDoux campaign aide signs plea agreement in election corruption case

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The long, drawn-out case of former Rep. Gabrielle LeDoux, accused of voter fraud stemming back to her activities in 2018, may have reached a new juncture.

Lisa Simpson, formerly Lisa Vaught, has signed a plea agreement. Simpson is the former chief of staff and campaign manager for LeDoux, who may face a jury trial next week — unless it is delayed yet again.

The court record shows that Simpson signed the plea agreement earlier this month. She faced five charges of voter misconduct, several of them felony charges. This may mean she has agreed to testify against LeDoux.

In 2020, LeDoux and Simpson had been charged with voter misconduct and unlawful interference with voting after an investigation by the FBI and the Alaska State Troopers stemming from the registration of Simpson’s son and other voters as voters in LeDoux’s district, part of East Anchorage that was then District 15.

“On June 2, 2021, an Anchorage grand jury indicted Gabrielle LeDoux, Lisa (Vaught) Simpson, and [her son, who was exploited] on multiple counts of voter misconduct in the first degree. These charges stem from the investigation that started in 2018 after the Division of Elections identified some irregularities in some of the absentee ballot applications and absentee ballots returned for the primary election for House District 15.  The Alaska State Troopers, in conjunction with the Federal Bureau of Investigations, conducted the investigation,” the Department of Law wrote.

The trial has been delayed dozens of times.

The next court date for LeDoux is July 23, which is a jury trial status meeting and oral arguments, with a jury trial set for July 25. Such calendar events have come and gone in the past for LeDoux, but with Simpson’s plea agreement, it’s possible that LeDoux will also make a plea agreement. Other charges relating to fraud in the 2014 election had already been dismissed by the judge.

In the years that have passed, at least one witness has died. Charlie Chang, a Democrat who LeDoux paid and brought in as a consultant from California to help her interface with the Hmong community in her district, died in California, according to LeDoux.

A list of all the court dates and delays in this case shows the numerous times this has been delayed. With a plea agreement from Simpson, however, it seems almost certain that there will be movement in the case this coming week. That could include LeDoux getting her own plea agreement to lesser charges.

04/03/2020 09:00 AMCourtroom 204, Nesbett CourthouseArraignment: State District Court (Out of Custody)Hearing HeldArr Dist Ct Out of Custody, Block Judge:
08/20/2020 02:00 PMCourtroom B-1, Nesbett CourthousePre-Indictment HearingDuplicate EntryPre-Indictment, Block Judge:
09/11/2020 08:30 AMCourtroom 603, Nesbett CourthouseChange of Plea – Rule 11: Superior CourtCalendared in ErrorSaxby, Kevin M
12/28/2020 01:00 PMCourtroom 49, Boney CourthouseMotion CallHearing HeldChung, Jo-Ann M
02/11/2021 02:00 PMCourtroom B-1, Nesbett CourthousePre-Indictment HearingHearing Reset – COVID-19Pre-Indictment, Block Judge:
06/10/2021 01:45 PMCourtroom 603, Nesbett CourthouseArraignment: Superior Court (Out of Custody)Hearing ContinuedSaxby, Kevin M
06/15/2021 01:45 PMCourtroom 604, Nesbett CourthouseArraignment: Superior Court (Out of Custody)Hearing HeldAarseth, Eric A
07/22/2021 02:00 PMCourtroom B-1, Nesbett CourthousePre-Indictment HearingHearing VacatedPre-Indictment, Block Judge:
08/09/2021 02:30 PMCourtroom 603, Nesbett CourthouseDiscovery HearingContinued: Defense RequestSaxby, Kevin M
08/23/2021 02:30 PMCourtroom 603, Nesbett CourthouseTrial Setting Conference: Superior CourtHearing VacatedSaxby, Kevin M
09/20/2021 02:30 PMCourtroom 603, Nesbett CourthouseDiscovery HearingContinued: State RequestSaxby, Kevin M
11/15/2021 02:30 PMCourtroom 603, Nesbett CourthouseDiscovery HearingContinued: Defense RequestSaxby, Kevin M
01/24/2022 02:30 PMCourtroom 603, Nesbett CourthouseDiscovery HearingHearing HeldSaxby, Kevin M
03/14/2022 02:30 PMCourtroom 603, Nesbett CourthouseTrial Setting Conference: Superior CourtContinued: Defense RequestSaxby, Kevin M
04/25/2022 02:30 PMCourtroom 603, Nesbett CourthouseTrial Setting Conference: Superior CourtContinued: OtherSaxby, Kevin M
05/09/2022 02:30 PMCourtroom 603, Nesbett CourthouseTrial Setting Conference: Superior CourtContinued: OtherSaxby, Kevin M
06/06/2022 02:30 PMCourtroom 603, Nesbett CourthouseTrial Setting Conference: Superior CourtHearing HeldSaxby, Kevin M
07/12/2022 02:30 PMCourtroom 502, Nesbett CourthouseTrial Call: Superior Court CriminalHearing ResetEaster, Catherine M
08/09/2022 02:30 PMCourtroom 502, Nesbett CourthouseTrial Call: Superior Court CriminalHearing HeldEaster, Catherine M
10/17/2022 02:30 PMCourtroom 201, Nesbett CourthouseDiscovery HearingContinued: Defense RequestSaxby, Kevin M
12/19/2022 02:30 PMCourtroom 603, Nesbett CourthouseDiscovery HearingContinued: Defense RequestSaxby, Kevin M
02/13/2023 10:00 AMCourtroom 402, Nesbett CourthouseTrial Setting Conference: Superior CourtHearing HeldMcKenna, Jack R
04/11/2023 02:30 PMCourtroom 502, Nesbett CourthouseTrial Call: Superior Court CriminalHearing HeldEaster, Catherine M
04/13/2023 09:00 AMCourtroom 603, Nesbett CourthouseStatus Hearing: Superior CourtHearing HeldSaxby, Kevin M
09/26/2023 02:30 PMCourtroom 603, Nesbett CourthouseJury Trial Status: Superior CourtHearing ResetSaxby, Kevin M
10/04/2023 02:30 PMCourtroom 603, Nesbett CourthouseJury Trial Status: Superior CourtHearing HeldSaxby, Kevin M
11/27/2023 08:30 AMCourtroom 603, Nesbett CourthouseJury Trial: Superior Court CriminalHearing VacatedSaxby, Kevin M
11/28/2023 08:30 AMCourtroom 603, Nesbett CourthouseJury Trial: Superior Court CriminalHearing VacatedSaxby, Kevin M
11/29/2023 08:30 AMCourtroom 603, Nesbett CourthouseJury Trial: Superior Court CriminalHearing VacatedSaxby, Kevin M
11/30/2023 08:30 AMCourtroom 603, Nesbett CourthouseJury Trial: Superior Court CriminalHearing VacatedSaxby, Kevin M
12/04/2023 08:30 AMCourtroom 603, Nesbett CourthouseJury Trial: Superior Court CriminalHearing VacatedSaxby, Kevin M
12/05/2023 08:30 AMCourtroom 603, Nesbett CourthouseJury Trial: Superior Court CriminalHearing VacatedSaxby, Kevin M
12/06/2023 08:30 AMCourtroom 603, Nesbett CourthouseJury Trial: Superior Court CriminalHearing VacatedSaxby, Kevin M
12/07/2023 08:30 AMCourtroom 603, Nesbett CourthouseJury Trial: Superior Court CriminalHearing VacatedSaxby, Kevin M
01/08/2024 02:30 PMCourtroom 603, Nesbett CourthouseTrial Setting Conference: Superior CourtContinued: Defense RequestSaxby, Kevin M
02/05/2024 02:30 PMCourtroom 603, Nesbett CourthouseTrial Setting Conference: Superior CourtHearing HeldSaxby, Kevin M
05/20/2024 02:30 PMCourtroom 603, Nesbett CourthouseTrial Setting Conference: Superior CourtHearing HeldSaxby, Kevin M
07/18/2024 10:00 AMCourtroom 603, Nesbett CourthouseOral ArgumentHearing ResetSaxby, Kevin M
07/18/2024 10:00 AMCourtroom 603, Nesbett CourthouseJury Trial Status: Superior CourtHearing ResetSaxby, Kevin M
07/22/2024 08:30 AMCourtroom 603, Nesbett CourthouseJury Trial: Superior Court CriminalHearing ResetSaxby, Kevin M
07/23/2024 11:00 AMCourtroom 603, Nesbett CourthouseJury Trial Status: Superior CourtSaxby, Kevin M
07/23/2024 11:00 AMCourtroom 603, Nesbett CourthouseOral ArgumentSaxby, Kevin M
07/25/2024 08:30 AMCourtroom 603, Nesbett CourthouseJury Trial: Superior Court CriminalSaxby, Kevin M
07/29/2024 08:30 AMCourtroom 603, Nesbett CourthouseJury Trial: Superior Court CriminalSaxby, Kevin M

20 COMMENTS

  1. WOW(!!!) … Looking kinda dire for these ladies, they might consider picking out their wardrobe, either solid ‘orange’ or ‘black-n-white stripes’

  2. Six years to get a case to trial?!?! And some want more government controlling a larger portion of everybody’s life. Clearly she’ll be found Not Guilty, as CNN has declared there is no voter fraud.

  3. We never hear whatever happened to the official report that her fingerprints were found on some of the absentee ballots. Very mysterious. That should be enough for a guilty verdict alone.

  4. The Alaska Republican Party, under Randy Ruedrich, knew of Gabrielle Ledoux’s “illegal shenanigans”. He and the party did nothing. They are all complicit, too.

  5. Justice delayed is justice denied and in this case, the people of Alaska have had justice denied.

    • Steve-O it’s not justice denied it’s also document(s) denied the ” Tshibaka election (redacted) Report is or could be at the center to a much bigger injustice then a delayed trial. The jury should be all of Alaska on what’s in that report ! How many elected past & future Officials has & will be affected? Come clean AG Taylor no more stalling the truth from coming out…….

  6. This has been put off forever because liberals here (& everywhere) have to be able to say “there is no voter fraud”
    They insist there is NONE, so this trial can not be real.
    Too bad they’re gonna let her plead it down to nothing after 6 years of stalling.
    But that’s the system; totally run by …… wait for it …… liberal lawyers & the judges they become.

    • George D.
      Correction, LEFTIST, COMMIE SWILL Lawyers, not Liberal.
      Fixed it for you.
      ( Classical Liberals like our Founders would be aghast at being lumped in with this group of totalitarian monsters)

  7. They are trying to hide the fact that voter fraud in Alaska does exist, as it does in most of the nation. I’m sure this is just the tip of the iceberg.

  8. Fairbanks;
    And NOW Joy Cotle (a “Republican” ) and Morgan (Leader of Golden Heart Strong) who lead the bust the tax cap “YES” campaign held a fund raiser at the PumpHouse Restaurant on August 8 2024 where NO Conservatives were observed, instead a gaggle of far Left extremist notables were in attendance, Cotle switched to Republican the day before filing deadline

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