At a trial-setting conference on Monday, the Alaska Department of Law said will take its election fraud case against former Rep. Gabrielle LeDoux to trial once more.
In December, the 12 counts, including felonies, against LeDoux ended in a hung jury. Normally, prosecutors cannot retry a case unless they have new evidence because double jeopardy rules of the court prevent the accused from being tried again on the same (or even similar) charges. But in hung juries, the case may be tried again (edit).
LeDoux is charged with helping to register people as voters in her Muldoon-area state House district in 2018, when she was actively working her campaign in the Hmong community of Cambodian and Laotian immigrants.
LeDoux brought in a Laotian campaign worker from California, Charlie Chang, whom she paid $10,000 to register people to vote and help them get their ballots in. At one small mobile home, some 17 people were registered to vote at that address. Soon after the charges were filed against her, Chang died mysteriously in California and state investigator on the case, John Lehe, was t-boned in a car accident was brain-injured and could not continue.
LeDoux was initially charged in March of 2020, after an extensive investigation that included the Federal Bureau of Investigation. LeDoux’s accomplices have already pled guilty to certain related charges and have testified against her. But after years of delays, the trial ended with a hung jury in December.
LeDoux, who left office in January of 2021, had served in the Alaska Legislature from 2005-2008 and 2013-2021, when she lost to Rep. David Nelson.
The LeDoux saga continues into 2025, but a court date for the new trial has not been announced.
“Justice delayed is justice denied.” We need this to move forward so that lawmakers know that we will not tolerate any shenanigans with elections!
As a legislator, I attended several days of LeDoux’s recent trial to observe the process. I can confirm that the trial had little to nothing to do with the narrative that appears in this article.
As a reader, I would be interested in knowing what the specific charges are that the state is currently pursuing against LeDoux, as I doubt it is charging her with a political narrative (even if that narrative includes troubling facts relating to her previous campaigns).
You are correct that the items I mentioned in the story were not brought up at trial, but are still relevant to what happened and were documented here and elsewhere for years. I will be following up on what charges they have that will not be tossed out as double jeopardy.- sd
David, since you spent some time observing this process, you have any idea what this whole process with her has cost us in real dollars?
Who cares- election integrity is too important- send a message!
Why does it take so long for a trial? What were the connections to Charlies death and the accident if any or just random events? If we wait until she is 80 to put her in prison whats even the point? It just seems like election fraud in Alaska has very little consequence.
What, isn’t it normal to have 17 “vote by mail” ballots delivered to one 800sqft trailer? The system is super secure, fraud is a far right dog whistle conspiracy insurrection.
800 square feet?? Was it a double wide?
A hung jury does not invoke double jeopardy.
I thought I read that LeDoux’s legal maneuverings is the primary reason for the delay. Regardless of party affiliation, election fraud should and must be vigorously prosecuted. Vigorously prosecuted.
How dare the state continue to spend our dollars on this ridiculous case! Drop it now you ignorant fools! Gabrielle LeDoux has suffered enough already! Go prosecute some thug child molester rapists and drug dealers. Lord knows your efforts would be far more appropriate spent doing that…!!!