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True the Vote leaders jailed for refusing to disclose a source

Catherine Engelbrecht and Gregg Phillips will remain in custody until they reveal the name of the person who gave them access to data from an election logistics company suspected of collaborating with China.

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True the Vote leaders Catherine Engelbrecht and Gregg Phillips were jailed Monday after refusing to identify before a judge the person who gave them access to data from an election logistics company called Konnech that they have accused of spying for China. The CEO of this company, Eugene Yu, a Chinese national, is under house arrest on charges of stealing and storing election workers' personal data on a server in China.

According to the judge's order, Engelbrecht and Phillips were held in contempt of court. The judge's brief says, according to Just The News: "Therefore, the defendants Gregg Phillips and Catherine Englebrecht [sic], are ORDERED detained by the U.S. Marshal for one-day and further until they fully comply with the Courts Order as set out in the TRO." Both will remain in prison until they reveal the name of their contact.

True the Vote calls for release of its leaders

Following the arrest, True the Vote issued a statement on Truth Social demanding the release of its leaders and highlighting the organization's actions in the arrest of Konnech's CEO:

"True the Vote calls for the immediate release of founder Catherine Engelbrecht and contractor Greg Phillips, who were jailed for contempt today for refusing to deliver to Konnech the name of the third party who was present at a presentation of evidence of Konnech's wrongdoing. This evidence was provided to the LA District Attorney's office in their investigation of Konnech which resulted in the arrest of CEO Eugene Yu. True the Vote attorneys are expediting an appeal seeking to have Engelbrecht and Phillips released."

The contempt of court ruling came during the trial for the lawsuit that Konnech filed against True the Vote for defamation, after they published that the company was a front for collaborating with China and that its CEO was a communist agent. According to The Texas Tribune, the company sued Engelbert and Phillips because their campaign caused Yu's family to receive threats and financially harmed the company.

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