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</font></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: large; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">1/24</font></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: large;"><div class="wysiwyg l-constrain--medium has-space-below wow fadeIn" style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; animation-name: fadeIn; animation-duration: 1s; animation-fill-mode: both; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 54.7059em; padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 1em; margin-bottom: 2.05882rem !important;"><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px 0px 25px; box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">d<a href="https://www.americanoversight.org/document/arizona-senate-communications-regarding-select-members-participation-in-an-election-integrity-phone-call" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; background-color: transparent; outline-offset: 0.11765em; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(63, 165, 244);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">ocuments</span></a><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;"> obtained by American Oversight and </span><a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/maga-emails-arizona-trump-2020-election-1287447/" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; background-color: transparent; outline-offset: 0.11765em; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(63, 165, 244);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">reported on by </span><i style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">Rolling Stone</span></i></a><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;"> reveal that in<b> early December 2020, election-denying activists pushed Arizona state legislators to use untested technology to scan and toss out “invalid” ballots, thus handing the state’s electoral votes to then-President Donald Trump. </b></span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 25px; box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">The emails, sent days before members of the Electoral College were set to cast their votes for president, also included members of Trump’s legal and campaign team and appear to be a precursor to the discredited “audit” of Maricopa County ballots that the Arizona Senate would later launch. Many of the emails were sent by</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"> </span></span><a href="https://www.americanoversight.org/election-denier-phil-waldrons-communications-with-arizona-senate-leaders" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; outline-offset: 0.11765em; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(63, 165, 244);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"><b>Phil Waldron</b></span></a><b><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">,</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"> </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">the retired Army colonel who shared a </span></span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/10/us/politics/capitol-attack-meadows-powerpoint.html" style="text-decoration-line: none; outline: none; box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; outline-offset: 0.11765em; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(63, 165, 244);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">PowerPoint</span></a></b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;"><b> outlining measures for overturning the 2020 election results with Trump allies and congressional offices in the days before the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.</b> </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><a href="https://www.americanoversight.org/election-denier-phil-waldrons-communications-with-arizona-senate-leaders" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; outline-offset: 0.11765em; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(63, 165, 244);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">Text messages</span></a><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;"> previously uncovered by American Oversight indicated that Senate President Karen Fann had consulted with Waldron prior to hiring the inexperienced firm Cyber Ninjas to conduct the “audit.”</span></span></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px 0px 25px; box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">Included on Waldron’s emails to Arizona lawmakers were </span><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/01/politics/bernard-kerik-documents-january-6-committee/index.html" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; outline-offset: 0.11765em; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(63, 165, 244);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">Bernard Kerik</span></a><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">, an adviser to Trump’s legal team and an ally of Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani, as well as former Trump administration official </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/03/steve-bannon-donald-trump-michael-flynn-politics" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; outline-offset: 0.11765em; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(63, 165, 244);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">Emily Newman</span></a><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;"> and Trump campaign lawyer </span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/rnc-trump-stop-the-steal/2021/07/12/79e58a02-e320-11eb-934f-7e6c1927f261_story.html" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; outline-offset: 0.11765em; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(63, 165, 244);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">Jenna Ellis</span></a><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">, both of whom </span><a href="https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2021/08/25/why-detroit-judge-sanctioning-9-lawyers-michigan-election-lawsuit/5595666001/" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; outline-offset: 0.11765em; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(63, 165, 244);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">were involved</span></a> <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2021/12/10/trump-lawyer-pence-biden-524088" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; outline-offset: 0.11765em; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(63, 165, 244);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">in advancing baseless voter-fraud claims</span></a><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;"> and lawsuits seeking to overturn results. </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 25px; box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;"><b style="background-color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">On Dec. 8, 2020, Waldron sent an </span><a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21185297-arizona-senate-communications-regarding-select-members-participation-in-an-election-integrity-phone-call#document/p424" style="text-decoration-line: none; outline: none; box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; outline-offset: 0.11765em; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(63, 165, 244);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">email</span></a><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;"> to state Rep. </span></b><a href="https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-investigations/2021/03/12/mark-finchem-promises-he-will-bring-election-fraud-proof-to-arizona-attorney-general-but-has-not/6941766002/" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; outline-offset: 0.11765em; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(63, 165, 244);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; background-color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><b>Mark Finchem</b></span><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;"><b style="background-color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"> </b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">—</span></span></a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0); box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;"> a </span><a href="https://www.azmirror.com/2021/06/02/mark-finchem-was-much-closer-to-the-jan-6-insurrection-than-he-claimed/" style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0); text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; outline-offset: 0.11765em; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(63, 165, 244);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">vocal Trump supporter</span></a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0); box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;"> and major proponent of false voter-fraud claims — that included a “base research doc” on Arizona voting data. Kerik and Ellis were copied on the email, along with </span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/2021/trump-election-fraud-texas-businessman-ramsland-asog/" style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0); text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; outline-offset: 0.11765em; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(63, 165, 244);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">Russell Ramsland</span></a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0); box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">, the co-founder of Allied Security Operations Group (ASOG), which was behind that month’s debunked </span><a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/20423772-antrim-county-forensics-report?fbclid=IwAR2wFq0ijMYX5OAF3fyjWuFcKX_R0g_Y5q_QO46MDL3YEBgyab-uKkuj2hY" style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0); text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; outline-offset: 0.11765em; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(63, 165, 244);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">report</span></a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0); box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;"> on election fraud in Antrim County, Mich. Lawyer and lobbyist Katherine Friess, who was </span><a href="https://www.record-eagle.com/news/local_news/charter-jets-dinners-with-trump-new-details-surface-in-antrim-county-election-lawsuit/article_c3067c60-7c4f-11eb-87cc-b719d3c0d9cd.html" style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0); text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; outline-offset: 0.11765em; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(63, 165, 244);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">involved in the Antrim “audit,”</span></a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0); box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;"> also appears to have been added to the email. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 25px; box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;"><b style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">Waldron then sent an </span><a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21185297-arizona-senate-communications-regarding-select-members-participation-in-an-election-integrity-phone-call#document/p423" style="text-decoration-line: none; outline: none; box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; outline-offset: 0.11765em; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(63, 165, 244);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">email</span></a></b><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;"><b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"> with the “Arizona data reporting” to Finchem, state Sen. Sonny Borrelli, Kerik, and Newman, outlining technology he claimed could detect fraudulent ballots.</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span></b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Waldron advocated obtaining images of the ballots, which his team would run through “optical scanning technology” that would “allow us to pull invalid votes out of the totals ‘By Candidate’ so that your state can certify normal elections and potentially not have to take extra legislative action.” </span></span><a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21053079-arizona-senate-records-regarding-maricopa-county-election-audit-part-4a#document/p1047" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; outline-offset: 0.11765em; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(63, 165, 244);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">Records previously</span></a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;"> obtained by American Oversight show that Borrelli then forwarded the email to all Arizona Senate Republicans.[8 15 22 trms reports on 6? states where voter//server info grabbed, some illegal]</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 25px; box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;"><b style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">Three days later, Waldron sent another </span><a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21185297-arizona-senate-communications-regarding-select-members-participation-in-an-election-integrity-phone-call#document/p2" style="text-decoration-line: none; outline: none; box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; outline-offset: 0.11765em; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(63, 165, 244);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">email</span></a><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;"> to </span><a href="https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-investigations/2021/03/12/mark-finchem-promises-he-will-bring-election-fraud-proof-to-arizona-attorney-general-but-has-not/6941766002/" style="text-decoration-line: none; outline: none; box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; outline-offset: 0.11765em; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(63, 165, 244);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">Finchem</span></a></b><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;"><b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">, </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Borrelli, and state Sen. Eddie Farnsworth regarding the purported scanning technology.</span></b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Waldron attached hundreds of pages of affidavits from election conspiracy theorist and treasure hunter Jovan Pulitzer, </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">including about the ballot inspection technology he said he designed. Pulitzer, who </span></span><a href="https://www.azmirror.com/2021/04/19/jovan-pulitzer-an-icon-among-election-fraud-believers-will-play-a-role-in-the-arizona-election-audit/" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; outline-offset: 0.11765em; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(63, 165, 244);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">claimed</span></a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;"> that fraudulent ballots could be detected by the absence of certain folds in the paper and was the </span><a href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/05/arizona-republican-audit-bamboo-ballots-china.html" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; outline-offset: 0.11765em; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(63, 165, 244);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">likely source of</span></a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;"> the theory that fraudulent ballots containing bamboo fibers had been shipped from Asia, was copied on the email along with </span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/2021/trump-election-fraud-texas-businessman-ramsland-asog/" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; outline-offset: 0.11765em; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(63, 165, 244);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">Ramsland</span></a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;"> and others.</span></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px 0px 25px; box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;"><b><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">In the email, Waldron </span><a href="https://tucson.com/news/local/pima-county-judge-ballot-images-not-subject-to-public-release/article_43844313-6402-5ac6-8563-37f3a62b3ce7.amp.html" style="text-decoration-line: none; outline: none; box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; background-color: transparent; outline-offset: 0.11765em; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(63, 165, 244);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">falsely said</span></a></b><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;"><b> that “scanned images are public records” in Arizona and that his team should “need no authoritative release requests” to access them.<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"> </span></b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Waldron also suggested that his “local consultant and advisor” Lyle Rapacki, a </span></span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><a href="https://www.azcentral.com/in-depth/news/politics/elections/2021/11/18/arizona-audit-rudy-giuliani-failed-effort-replace-electors/6349795001/" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; outline-offset: 0.11765em; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(63, 165, 244);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">conservative activist</span></a><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;"> who has claimed that </span><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/a-treasure-hunter-a-satanism-expert-and-mike-lindell-fight-to-overturn-biden-win-in-arizona" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; outline-offset: 0.11765em; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(63, 165, 244);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">“demonic”</span></a><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;"> forces led to Joe Biden’s win and who was also copied on the email, could travel to Maricopa County to load images of the scanned ballots onto a hard drive for inspection.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px 0px 25px; box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">Less than a week after receiving this email, Farnsworth joined Fann in issuing a <a href="https://www.azmirror.com/2020/12/15/senate-issues-subpoenas-for-all-ballots-voting-machines-to-audit-maricopa-county-election/" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; background-color: transparent; outline-offset: 0.11765em; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(63, 165, 244);">subpoena</a> demanding that Maricopa County turn over all of its ballots, voting machines, and other records so that the Senate could conduct an “audit.”</p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px 0px 25px; box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">Among the records obtained by American Oversight were <b>communications between Arizona Sen. </b></span><a href="https://www.12news.com/article/news/politics/arizona-kelly-townsend-runs-for-congress/75-bb60c9f1-3fe9-4477-baa7-6e703232cc67" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; outline-offset: 0.11765em; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(63, 165, 244);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;"><b>Kelly Townsend</b></span></a><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;"><b> and Michael Bowman, president of ALEC Action</b>, the advocacy arm of the conservative American Legislative Exchange Council. In a November 2021 </span><a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21185297-arizona-senate-communications-regarding-select-members-participation-in-an-election-integrity-phone-call#document/p425" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; outline-offset: 0.11765em; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(63, 165, 244);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">email</span></a><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">, Townsend asked Bowman for advice on which ALEC committee would be best to discuss “election integrity” with. Bowman responded that Townsend should talk with ALEC’s “Process Working Group,” which was meeting in San Diego the following month.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px 0px 25px; box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">Last week, the Arizona Court of Appeals rejected the state Senate’s broad use of legislative privilege to withhold records from the “audit” from public release in American Oversight’s lawsuit. And on Thursday, Cyber Ninjas and its CEO Doug Logan are scheduled to sit for a deposition regarding the firm’s failure to turn over public records to the Senate. Read more </span><a href="https://www.americanoversight.org/investigation/the-arizona-senates-partisan-audit-of-maricopa-county-election-results" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; background-color: transparent; outline-offset: 0.11765em; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(63, 165, 244);"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;">here</span></a><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear;"> about our ongoing investigation into efforts to sow doubt about the 2020 election in Arizona.</span></p></div><div class="l-constrain--medium has-double-space-above" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 54.7059em; padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 1em; margin-top: 4.11765rem !important;"><p class="has-no-space" style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; font-weight: bolder;">Part of Investigation:</span></p><ul class="nav nav--list" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px;"><li class="navitem" style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; margin-bottom: 0px;"><a href="https://www.americanoversight.org/investigation/the-arizona-senates-partisan-audit-of-maricopa-county-election-results" class="navlink" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; background-color: transparent; outline-offset: 0.11765em; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(63, 165, 244);">The Arizona Senate’s Partisan Audit of Maricopa County Election Results</a></li><li class="navitem" style="box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; margin-bottom: 0px;"><a href="https://www.americanoversight.org/investigation/the-alternate-electors-plot-to-overturn-the-2020-election" class="navlink" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; box-sizing: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform; transition-timing-function: linear; background-color: transparent; outline-offset: 0.11765em; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(63, 165, 244);">The ‘Alternate Electors’ Plot to Overturn the 2020 Election</a></li><li /></ul></div></div>