Prosecutor Says Charges Dropped Against Election Software Company for Political Reasons

Published on April 19, 2024

Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon dropped charges against an election software company’s CEO despite strong evidence of wrongdoing because he was worried about politics, according to a prosecutor who works in Mr. Gascon’s office. Eric Neff, the prosecutor, who was helping with the case against Konnech CEO Eugene Yu, alleges in a new tort claim that the charges were dropped in 2022 because Mr. Gascon, a Democrat, became concerned after receiving praise from former President Donald Trump. Mr. Gascon “was overwhelmingly concerned that since he had inadvertently gained Mr. Trump’s … support, the outlook of such support by prosecuting Mr. Yu would impact his stance and popularity politically,” states Mr. Neff’s claim, a copy of which was obtained by The Epoch Times....

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