Seattle, Washington FBI Bureau File - Paperless Archives

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1 He said that Mitchell said don't worry about it, and he also kind of said not to say
anything about what they were doing. Mitchell told them no one would figure it out.
2
Olson said their jobs ended when the time period for registering voters was up. He
3 didn't have any idea he was fired.
4 Olson said they never registered anyone to vote, they made the cards up. He said they
never went to any shelters.
5
Olson said that they didn't initial the cards while they were at the library. They
6 did it at the end of the shift.
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July 7, 2007
8 I went to the Pierce county Jail for a follow-up interview with Clifton Mitchell.
9 We met in a face-to-face interview room. When I stepped into the room I read Mitchell
his legal rights from a department form. I asked if he understood his rights and he
10 said, "Yes, yes." When I started reading them he said them from memory as I went. I
then asked if he wanted to waive them and talk to me. He said, "Sure."
11
I asked Mitchell about the homeless shelters. Mitchell said they never went to the
12 shelters in King County. He said they just used the shelter addresses for the cards.
He said he got the ad~resses by asking homeless people. He said sometimes they would
13 tell him the shelter phone numbers.
14 Mitchell admitted that when he and the others sat in the library they would trade
cards after filling them out so someone else could do the signatur~.
15
Mitchell then said to arraign him and he'd plead guilty. He said he just wanted to
16 put this behind him. He said he'd testify if we wanted him to.
17 I asked Mitchell about when they initialed the cards. He said sometimes they would
initial them as they went, and sometimes they didn't.
18
I asked him why there were so many cards with no initials. He said he didn't remember
19 any that weren't initialed. He said it was Oebwa's job to make sure cards had
initials.
20
Mitchell then said that if they didn't get a certain amount of cards per day they
21 would be fired. He said he had to call Stephanie [Moore] every night and give her
numbers [of cards for the day).
22
Mitchell said they would work together and throw the cards together and then grab some
23 from the pile and put their initials on them.
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Certification for Determination
of Probable Cause
Norm. Maleng
Prosecuting Attorney
W 554 King County Courthouse
Seattle, Washington 98104-2312
(206) 296-9000