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Pretti’s Killers Named (feat. Asha Rangappa)

Feb 2, 2026
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Asha Rangappa
Asha Rangappa, former FBI agent and national security commentator, joins to unpack election-security risks and the FBI/DOJ dynamics around the Fulton County raid. She traces 2020 plots to seize voting machines and explains why unusual actors at searches raise alarms. She outlines how foreign‑interference claims might be used and who could check federal overreach.
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INSIGHT

2021 Playbook Returning In New Forms

  • The 2021 push to justify seizing voting machines relied on invented foreign-interference narratives to create an Article II pretext.
  • Allison Gill connects those past schemes to current moves involving the DNI and Venezuela.
INSIGHT

Foreign-Interference As A Legal Fig Leaf

  • Fabricated foreign interference could be used as a national-security pretext to justify federal intervention in state-run elections.
  • Asha Rangappa warns that labeling election issues as national security makes them legally and politically easier to exploit.
ANECDOTE

Agents Named In Alex Pretti Killing

  • Allison notes ProPublica identified the two CBP agents who killed Alex Pretti as Jesus Ochoa and Raimundo Gutierrez.
  • She highlights their years of service to argue the problem is systemic, not training-related.
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