This could not have happened if Senator Paul and others had not certified the results. As elected officials, their crimes are now Federal crimes, and punishable as such. If they had remained private citizens, penalties would likely be far smaller. They also would have been free to try it again, and would be more difficult to catch in the act.

This could not have happened if Senator Paul and others had not certified the results. They would have been free to try it again, and would be more difficult to catch in the act.