New Mexico Secretary of State plans to file police report over harassment linked to state lawmaker
New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver said Tuesday she is preparing to file a police report tied to threats and harassment she faced on social media that were “egged on” by a state representative who has made unverified claims of voter fraud in state elections.
Toulouse Oliver, a Democrat, made the accusations during a hearing of the state House and Senate’s Courts, Corrections and Justice Committee, and called out Rep. John Block, a Republican from Alamogordo. Block quickly apologized during the public hearing for any “vile stuff” that might have happened to Toulouse Oliver, although he did not say he was involved with it.
After the committee meeting, Toulouse Oliver told reporters she will file a report with state police or the state Department of Justice alleging violations of a 2023 state law making intimidation of election officials during their official duties a felony.
The harassment was against her personal and political X account, which she said she has since set to private because the badgering was “overwhelming and not productive.”
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