The tax payers of Arizona should be refunded by these mega donors, for the $150,000 they were forced to pay with their tax money, by the Republican legislators who hired the partisans to conduct the illegitimate audit...busybee01 said:Absolutely no one but Trump supporters will ever believe it.
Trump crackpots expect to get what they pay for under the guise of their own "audit" after multiple official audits did not tell them what they desperately wanted to hear. Real audits are conducted by by impartial, independent third-party specialists. That standard practice would violate the pretense of this "audit."
"Cyber Ninjas" is the caper of a conspiracy kook with no experience in audits, and no awareness of normal auditing protocols: It had initially supplied its trumpy workers with blue-ink pens that can alter how tabulators read ballots. Security lapses allowed people access to what should have been secure areas before the audit began. A former lawmaker who appeared on the ballot was involved in verifying them. It planned door-to-door canvassing of voters before the Department of Justice warned such a move could violate federal laws against voter intimidation. After proceeding at a snail's pace, the ballots have been hauled off to be left next to the Crazy Carnival toilets until the Pomp and Circumstance crowd turns the venue back over to the intrepid Bamboo Brigade.
Who's footing the bill?
- The America Project, run by Overstock founder Patrick Byrne, who met with Trump in the Oval Office in December to discuss tactics for overturning the election results.
- Voices and Votes, a rightist website established by One America News personality Christina Bobb. Charles Herring, president of OAN's parent company, was evasive when asked about funding the farce: "We are aware of efforts by staff members to raise funds for numerous causes from the Girl Scouts to audits."
- L. Lin Wood, suspected of Republican officials of being certifiably insane, who, along with Mistress of Kraken Sidney Powell, filed numerous failed lawsuits on behalf of Trump baselessly claiming fraud in the 2020 election.
- Mike Lindell, aka "Pillow Boy" and a leading proponent of debunked election conspiracy theories.
"Cyber Ninjas" will be the odds-on choice if the Kansas City Chiefs decide to contest Super Bowl LV.
I said from the get go, this gimmick was for show, for propaganda purposes only.
The crooked Arizona Republican legislators would have hired an independent board certified, election auditing firm to do it, instead of partisans with huge conflicts of interest, if they really wanted all of their citizens to believe any results.