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SHERIFF
Officer 10:
05070
Address:
KING COUNTY
Name (Last, First, Middle):
Johnson, Christopher T.
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King County Sheriff's Office
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CaseNbr:
07-120588
OateReportTaken: Time:
06/26/07 10:56
To:
Subject:
Case File Brianna Debwa Interview on 06/26/07
Statement:
SDPA Hobbs told Debwa that all 1800 cards submitted by her to King County were fraudulent. Debwa asked how
this could be is she called people and they said they were that person.
I told Debwa that was because she didn't call the people. She then said that she was dumped on and at the end
she had to close the office, pack everything and no one was doing their jobs so she had to do it.
Debwa admitted that she became suspicious that fraudulent cards were being brought in when she started writing
things up at the end. This is why she wrote-up everyone at the end with termination notices.
Debwa was told that she did the termination notices on the last day the office was open, and the employees
weren't working anymore anyway. I told her that no one knew they were fired. Debwa then said it wasn't her job
to fire people. She then said she couldn't fire people if they all disappeared.
Debwa was asked why she turned in cards that she knew were fraudulent. She said she told King and Pierce
County Election employees that she wouldn't destroy any cards, that it wasn't her job to destroy them. She said
she submitted the cards anyway.
Debwa was shown that above-mentioned form again by SDPA Hobbs and asked if she filled it out. She said she
may have filled it out.
Debwa then said it was possible she didn't call all of the people on the cards from King County. She repeated
several times that she may not have called "anyone." She then said, "No, I guess I didn't."
Debwa said she knew towards the end what was going on, and that she didn't call anyone. She again repeated
that over and over that she may not have called anyone.
Debwa then said she accepts responsibility. She said she made a mistake.
Debwa then said she made a lot of calls to people (she was referring to making verification calls) from the office.
She said she may have made some from her cell phone.
Debwa then said, "Yes. I did itl" She wouldn't clarify what she was specifically talking about.
Debwa was asked if she told ACORN that the cards coming in from King County were fraudulent. She said she
didn't call ACORN because she was afraid of losing her job. She said if ACORN would have showed more
consideration to her and her crew things would have been different. She said if that happened they wouldn't have
done what they did.
She then said, "I'm gonna be honest and say I didn't call anyone in Seattle. I fucked up."
Debwa said that towards the end ACORN put on so much pressure for numbers that she bumped up the
numbers. She said she was aware of what her crew was doing.
Reporting Officers Name:
Johnson, Christopher T.
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