Ivan Raiklin

Ivan Raiklin is an American political operative and former Army reservist. He is the progenitor of the Pence card,[1][2][3] which he tweeted to President Trump on December 16, 2020 (who in turn retweeted it), which outlined a novel legal theory to overturn the legitimate result of the 2020 US Presidential election. This tweet was the precursor of the Eastman memos. The Pence card was one of a series of attempts to overturn the election.

In the event of Trump winning a second term the self-proclaimed "Secretary of Retribution" claims that he would use constitutional sheriffs from conservative, rural counties to conduct raids (preferably live-streamed) of Trump's enemies, of which he has a "Deep State Target List" of 350 people. Said list has been in circulation in right-wing circles since January 2024.[4] The sheriffs would purportedly deputize some 75,000 military veterans whom he claims were forced out of service because they refused to comply with COVID-19 vaccine mandates.[5][6]

A long-time associate of Michael Flynn,[7] Raiklin is a former Lt.-Col. Army reservist,[7] having served as a Green Beret, and a former employee of the Defense Intelligence Agency.[8] A registered Republican, he failed to gather enough signatures to qualify for the Republican primary of June 12, 2018 for the U.S. Senate to represent Virginia.[9] He later sued both the party and the commonwealth over the ballot access denial;[10] federal district judge John A. Gibney, Jr. denied the request inasmuch as the suit was brought too late.[11]

An EIN Presswire press release, dated June 27, 2024, announced that Raiklin will serve on the board of directors for America’s Future, a nonprofit established by Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn (Ret.).[12]

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  1. ^ Evon, Dan (December 23, 2020). "Can Veep Play the 'Pence Card' and Reject US Election Results?". Snopes.com. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  2. ^ Levinson, Adam (December 24, 2020). "Why is the so-called 'Pence Card' a canard?". statutesandstories.com. Retrieved January 11, 2021.
  3. ^ Alemany, Jacqueline; Brown, Emma; Hamburger, Tom; Swaine, Jon (October 23, 2021). "Ahead of Jan. 6, Willard hotel in downtown D.C. was a Trump team 'command center' for effort to deny Biden the presidency". The Washington Post. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
  4. ^ "Internet divided as Jamie Raskin sounds alarm on Trump loyalist Ivan Raiklin's 'Deep State target list'". MEAWW News.
  5. ^ Kevin Manahan (July 10, 2024). "Trump's 'Secretary of Retribution' compiles hit list for 'vigilante death warrant': Who's on it?". nj.
  6. ^ Green, Jordan (July 10, 2024). "Trump's 'secretary of retribution' has a 'target list' of 350 people he wants arrested". Raw Story.
  7. ^ a b https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-election-military/
  8. ^ Adrienne Vogt; Aditi Sangal; Elise Hammond; Maureen Chowdhury; Clare Foran; Melissa Macay; Meg Wagner (June 16, 2022). "Live updates: Jan. 6 hearings day 3 | CNN Politics". CNN.
  9. ^ "Ivan Raiklin". Ballotpedia.
  10. ^ Patrick Wilson Richmond (May 1, 2018). "Former Virginia GOP Senate candidate Ivan Raiklin sues over ballot access denial". Richmond Times-Dispatch.
  11. ^ Patrick Wilson (May 9, 2018). "Judge: Former Virginia GOP Senate candidate who sued for ballot access brought case too late". Richmond Times-Dispatch.
  12. ^ https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/texas-news-station-removes-press-release-praising-trumps-secretary-of-retribution/ar-BB1pP62j
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