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 AM | Courtroom 204, Nesbett Courthouse | Arraignment: State District Court (Out of Custody) | Hearing Held | Arr Dist Ct Out of Custody, Block Judge: |
08/20/2020 02:00 PM | Courtroom B-1, Nesbett Courthouse | Pre-Indictment Hearing | Duplicate Entry | Pre-Indictment, Block Judge: |
09/11/2020 08:30 AM | Courtroom 603, Nesbett Courthouse | Change of Plea – Rule 11: Superior Court | Calendared in Error | Saxby, Kevin M |
12/28/2020 01:00 PM | Courtroom 49, Boney Courthouse | Motion Call | Hearing Held | Chung, Jo-Ann M |
02/11/2021 02:00 PM | Courtroom B-1, Nesbett Courthouse | Pre-Indictment Hearing | Hearing Reset – COVID-19 | Pre-Indictment, Block Judge: |
06/10/2021 01:45 PM | Courtroom 603, Nesbett Courthouse | Arraignment: Superior Court (Out of Custody) | Hearing Continued | Saxby, Kevin M |
06/15/2021 01:45 PM | Courtroom 604, Nesbett Courthouse | Arraignment: Superior Court (Out of Custody) | Hearing Held | Aarseth, Eric A |
07/22/2021 02:00 PM | Courtroom B-1, Nesbett Courthouse | Pre-Indictment Hearing | Hearing Vacated | Pre-Indictment, Block Judge: |
08/09/2021 02:30 PM | Courtroom 603, Nesbett Courthouse | Discovery Hearing | Continued: Defense Request | Saxby, Kevin M |
08/23/2021 02:30 PM | Courtroom 603, Nesbett Courthouse | Trial Setting Conference: Superior Court | Hearing Vacated | Saxby, Kevin M |
09/20/2021 02:30 PM | Courtroom 603, Nesbett Courthouse | Discovery Hearing | Continued: State Request | Saxby, Kevin M |
11/15/2021 02:30 PM | Courtroom 603, Nesbett Courthouse | Discovery Hearing | Continued: Defense Request | Saxby, Kevin M |
01/24/2022 02:30 PM | Courtroom 603, Nesbett Courthouse | Discovery Hearing | Hearing Held | Saxby, Kevin M |
03/14/2022 02:30 PM | Courtroom 603, Nesbett Courthouse | Trial Setting Conference: Superior Court | Continued: Defense Request | Saxby, Kevin M |
04/25/2022 02:30 PM | Courtroom 603, Nesbett Courthouse | Trial Setting Conference: Superior Court | Continued: Other | Saxby, Kevin M |
05/09/2022 02:30 PM | Courtroom 603, Nesbett Courthouse | Trial Setting Conference: Superior Court | Continued: Other | Saxby, Kevin M |
06/06/2022 02:30 PM | Courtroom 603, Nesbett Courthouse | Trial Setting Conference: Superior Court | Hearing Held | Saxby, Kevin M |
07/12/2022 02:30 PM | Courtroom 502, Nesbett Courthouse | Trial Call: Superior Court Criminal | Hearing Reset | Easter, Catherine M |
08/09/2022 02:30 PM | Courtroom 502, Nesbett Courthouse | Trial Call: Superior Court Criminal | Hearing Held | Easter, Catherine M |
10/17/2022 02:30 PM | Courtroom 201, Nesbett Courthouse | Discovery Hearing | Continued: Defense Request | Saxby, Kevin M |
12/19/2022 02:30 PM | Courtroom 603, Nesbett Courthouse | Discovery Hearing | Continued: Defense Request | Saxby, Kevin M |
02/13/2023 10:00 AM | Courtroom 402, Nesbett Courthouse | Trial Setting Conference: Superior Court | Hearing Held | McKenna, Jack R |
04/11/2023 02:30 PM | Courtroom 502, Nesbett Courthouse | Trial Call: Superior Court Criminal | Hearing Held | Easter, Catherine M |
04/13/2023 09:00 AM | Courtroom 603, Nesbett Courthouse | Status Hearing: Superior Court | Hearing Held | Saxby, Kevin M |
09/26/2023 02:30 PM | Courtroom 603, Nesbett Courthouse | Jury Trial Status: Superior Court | Hearing Reset | Saxby, Kevin M |
10/04/2023 02:30 PM | Courtroom 603, Nesbett Courthouse | Jury Trial Status: Superior Court | Hearing Held | Saxby, Kevin M |
11/27/2023 08:30 AM | Courtroom 603, Nesbett Courthouse | Jury Trial: Superior Court Criminal | Hearing Vacated | Saxby, Kevin M |
11/28/2023 08:30 AM | Courtroom 603, Nesbett Courthouse | Jury Trial: Superior Court Criminal | Hearing Vacated | Saxby, Kevin M |
11/29/2023 08:30 AM | Courtroom 603, Nesbett Courthouse | Jury Trial: Superior Court Criminal | Hearing Vacated | Saxby, Kevin M |
11/30/2023 08:30 AM | Courtroom 603, Nesbett Courthouse | Jury Trial: Superior Court Criminal | Hearing Vacated | Saxby, Kevin M |
12/04/2023 08:30 AM | Courtroom 603, Nesbett Courthouse | Jury Trial: Superior Court Criminal | Hearing Vacated | Saxby, Kevin M |
12/05/2023 08:30 AM | Courtroom 603, Nesbett Courthouse | Jury Trial: Superior Court Criminal | Hearing Vacated | Saxby, Kevin M |
12/06/2023 08:30 AM | Courtroom 603, Nesbett Courthouse | Jury Trial: Superior Court Criminal | Hearing Vacated | Saxby, Kevin M |
12/07/2023 08:30 AM | Courtroom 603, Nesbett Courthouse | Jury Trial: Superior Court Criminal | Hearing Vacated | Saxby, Kevin M |
01/08/2024 02:30 PM | Courtroom 603, Nesbett Courthouse | Trial Setting Conference: Superior Court | Continued: Defense Request | Saxby, Kevin M |
02/05/2024 02:30 PM | Courtroom 603, Nesbett Courthouse | Trial Setting Conference: Superior Court | Hearing Held | Saxby, Kevin M |
05/20/2024 02:30 PM | Courtroom 603, Nesbett Courthouse | Trial Setting Conference: Superior Court | Hearing Held | Saxby, Kevin M |
07/18/2024 10:00 AM | Courtroom 603, Nesbett Courthouse | Oral Argument | Hearing Reset | Saxby, Kevin M |
07/18/2024 10:00 AM | Courtroom 603, Nesbett Courthouse | Jury Trial Status: Superior Court | Hearing Reset | Saxby, Kevin M |
07/22/2024 08:30 AM | Courtroom 603, Nesbett Courthouse | Jury Trial: Superior Court Criminal | Hearing Reset | Saxby, Kevin M |
07/23/2024 11:00 AM | Courtroom 603, Nesbett Courthouse | Jury Trial Status: Superior Court | Saxby, Kevin M | |
07/23/2024 11:00 AM | Courtroom 603, Nesbett Courthouse | Oral Argument | Saxby, Kevin M | |
07/25/2024 08:30 AM | Courtroom 603, Nesbett Courthouse | Jury Trial: Superior Court Criminal | Saxby, Kevin M | |
07/29/2024 08:30 AM | Courtroom 603, Nesbett Courthouse | Jury Trial: Superior Court Criminal | Saxby, Kevin M |
At this rate Ledeoux will die of old age before any jail time!
WOW(!!!) … Looking kinda dire for these ladies, they might consider picking out their wardrobe, either solid ‘orange’ or ‘black-n-white stripes’
That is one CRAZY lady!
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.
Just wait until you have to go thru a simple ‘probate’ legal process!!!
The only winners here are the lawyers.
Our system of justice has passed the breaking point. A speedy trial by your peers. What the heck.
Ledeoux has gotta go (to prison)!
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.
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.
The Alaska Republic Party is not the Conservatives’ friend.
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…….
FYI the state does not have my permission to plea bargain this case.
Her lawyers must be making a bundle off of this abuse of the court system.
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)
You’re right on George. Remember this when we go to the polls.
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.
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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