On Jan. 5, the Arizona Mirror, Arizona’s Independent News Organization, reported that nearly every claim that the state Senate audit firm made about the “fraudulent, stolen” 2020 Arizona General Election for president was either inaccurate, misleading, or patently false, according to a long awaited rebuttal by Maricopa County. (Also reported by AXIOS, CNN, New York Times and more)
The Maricopa County five-member Board of Supervisors, (four Republicans, one Democrat), delivered a four-hour detailed rebuttal of all the audit firm’s claims. The rebuttal showed that all but one of 76 claims involving 50 votes were either misleading, (22), inaccurate, (41), or false, (13), as posted on the Maricopa County Elections Department website. (recorder.maricopa.gov/site/faq.aspx )
The Audit Firm, Florida based Cyber Ninjas, abruptly shut down when a Superior Court judge cited Cyber Ninjas for contempt, after it refused to surrender records of its vote review to the Arizona Republic under a Freedom of Information request. (AXIOS Tampa Bay; and Sarasota Herald Tribune).
The judge levied a $50,000 a day fine on the firm until it produces the records. Lawyers for the firm say it is insolvent, and has laid off all its employees including CEO Doug Logan, and may file for bankruptcy.
The six-month review of the 2.1 million votes cost the state $5.6 million, was ordered up by the Republican controlled state Senate, and is now rebuked by the Republican controlled Maricopa County Board of Supervisors. This was a costly event in terms of money spent, unproductive time invested by public officials, and it is now laced with in-party fighting. On May 18, the board of supervisors stated on MSNBC, “Our state has become a laughingstock.”
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