Revealed: Trump secretly donated $1m to discredited Arizona election 'audit' [View all]
Source: The Guardian
One of the enduring mysteries surrounding the chaotic attempts to overturn Donald Trump’s defeat in the 2020 presidential battle has been solved: who made a secret $1m donation to the controversial election “audit” in Arizona?
The identity of one of the largest benefactors behind the discredited review of Arizona’s vote count has been shrouded in secrecy. Now the Guardian can reveal that the person who partially bankrolled the failed attempt to prove that the election was stolen from Trump was … Trump.
An analysis by the watchdog group Documented has traced funding for the Arizona audit back to Trump’s Save America Pac. The group tracked the cash as it passed from Trump’s fund through an allied conservative group, and from there to a shell company which in turn handed the money to contractors and individuals involved in the Arizona audit.
Cyber Ninjas, the Florida-based company that led the Arizona audit, disclosed in 2021 that $5.7m of its budget came from several far-right groups invested in the “stop the steal” campaign to overturn Joe Biden’s presidential victory. It was later divulged that a further $1m had supported the audit from an account controlled by Cleta Mitchell, a Republican election lawyer who advised Trump as he plotted to subvert the 2020 election.
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So yesterday we learned that Cyber Ninjas asked TFG for money. I had all kinds of suspicions that TFG gave it to them. Turns out this is the case.
I imagine that few of you are surprised.
The worst part is that Cyber Ninjas wasn't qualified to do this work. Their process was sloppy at best and whacky at best.
It didn't matter what the report said. An "audit" done by people not qualified to do it is WORTHLESS.
Which, of course, makes the whole thing nothing but a giant grift.
Unfortunately, taxpayer dollars were also used for this farce.
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