An audit should reveal nothing if everything is kosher. If these Maricopa officials did not do anything fraudulent, why the hell are they obstructing the audit of the ballots and the voting machines, every step of the way? So, they have filed lawsuits, refused to comply with lawful subpoenas, gone to the liberal media to whine and cry about the audit being bogus but, never just cooperated in order to finish the audit, the soonest? Doesn't pass the smell test and only makes you question, what are they trying to hide?
They promised "next week" many times... let's see if they actually produce a draft this time. Arizona election audit team to submit draft report to Senate next week The team behind the 2020 presidential election audit in Maricopa County, Arizona, plans to submit its full draft report to the state Senate next week, according to a spokesperson for the project. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...t-draft-report-to-senate-next-week/ar-AAOisLa The submission of the final review of the 2020 election, which saw auditing teams recount 2.1 million ballots and analyze voting machines this summer, has been delayed for several weeks. Audit Co-Chairman Randy Pullen told the AZ Mirror the draft report could be handed to the Senate on Wednesday or Thursday. Plans to submit the audit report were delayed after the audit leader and CEO of Cyber Ninjas, Doug Logan, tested positive for COVID-19 along with two other members of the five-person team. The audit report was previously intended to be submitted by the end of August. Senate President Karen Fann tweeted on Aug. 16 that the "audit companies are preparing the draft report to present to the senate team." When work began on the audit on April 23, Logan estimated the recount would be accomplished by mid-May. The recount of 2.1 million ballots got off to a slow start in the first few weeks of the audit, leading to efficiency changes and additional volunteers needed to help with the hand recount alone. A team with the majority-Republican Senate will review the audit report and recommend changes before a final review is issued for the public. The Senate will meet on Monday to discuss the next steps for issuing a report, Pullen said. The audit has been subject to intense criticism by county officials and others, including Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, who has cast the audit as a "political stunt" meant to cast doubt on election integrity. Former President Donald Trump and his allies have championed the audit as a means to prove his allegations of widespread fraud in a state he lost in 2020. Fann has insisted that the audit is meant to "restore trust in the system and influence potential changes to the law." The Washington Examiner contacted the Arizona Senate but did not immediately receive a response.
Republican threatened by racist misogynist for not going along with controversial Arizona audit https://www.rawstory.com/michelle-ugenti-rita-arizona-audit/
I strongly doubt they will submit their audit findings because they need to drag this out as far as possible into next year to keep their base happy and money flows into the GOP by the base that keeps believing like a cult that the election was stolen. Yet, if they're rushed...they'll just claim they were not able to do a complete audit because they were rushed. Therefore, they will then request another audit in hopes to drag this closer to the mid-terms of next year. In fact, in the California Recall election...the cult member Elder is now going the same tactical route via planting seeds of poison fraud prior to the recall election vote. If Elder loses, I bet Cyber Ninja will be the first to sign up to do an audit to try to find fraud for a sore loser. https://www.politico.com/states/cal...he-big-lie-ahead-of-california-recall-9427296 wrbtrader
Arizona Republicans' attempt to hide 'audit' documents from the public goes down in flames Republicans in Arizona were blocked by the state's supreme court from concealing documents about the controversial audit. Duda noted the records would include who is getting paid, "contracts or agreements the audit team has with outside funders" and communication among subcontractors. "To drive home what this means: The AZ Supreme Court is rejecting the claim by [Arizona Senate Republicans] and [state Senate President Karen Fann] that they are above the law," he wrote. "The Arizona Senate's legal maneuvering to conceal these records from the public matches the outrageousness of their so-called audit. That ends today. Arizonans can look forward to much-needed transparency, even if it may reveal gross attacks on democracy itself."
Arizona Republican says false claims of voter fraud have led to violent threats and a 'front row seat to many disturbing sides of humanity' https://www.businessinsider.com/ari...-says-fraud-claims-have-led-to-threats-2021-9
So no Final Audit Report Draft yet... also no records as required by the courts. When is CyberNinjas ever going to deliver anything. Does the Arizona GOP leadership understand they were completely scammed? Yeah, I think so. Arizona Senate president tells Cyber Ninjas to 'immediately make available' records on election audit https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...ks-cyber-ninjas-hand-over-records/8362393002/ PHOENIX — Arizona Senate President Karen Fann on Wednesday directed the CEO of Florida-based Cyber Ninjas, Doug Logan, to turn over all communications related to the ongoing audit of the Maricopa County election. Fann's letter to Logan comes a day after the Arizona Supreme Court upheld a lower court's order for the Senate to make the Cyber Ninjas' documents public as part of a public-record lawsuit. The Arizona Republic, which like USA TODAY is a part of the USA TODAY Network, and a left-leaning watchdog group called American Oversight both sued the Senate when Fann and the other members did not grant requests for emails, texts and other communications concerning the audit. Arizona's Public Records Law requires government agencies to provide such documents to anyone requesting them. Fann's letter to Logan cited the Arizona law and orders from two Maricopa County Superior Court judges ordering the records. "Please immediately make available to the Arizona State Senate all records within your custody or control, or within the custody or control of your subcontractors or other agents, with a substantial nexus to the audit," her letter said. "For the avoidance of doubt, documents with a substantial nexus to the audit include without limitation all documents and communications relating to the planning and performance or execution of the audit, all policies and procedures used in connection with the audit, all records concerning audit funding or staffing, and all records that are reasonably necessary or appropriate to maintain an accurate knowledge of activities concerning the 2020 Maricopa County election audit." Cyber Ninjas was named as a defendant in The Republic's lawsuit, and the company petitioned unsuccessfully to get a new judge in that case. Judge John Hannah ordered the company to preserve all documents related to the audit. When he issued that order in August, Hannah said Cyber Ninjas would have just three days to turn over the records once a "stay" on a court order was lifted by the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court dissolved the stay Tuesday. Cyber Ninjas ask court for delay Cyber Ninjas' lawyer John "Jack" Wilenchik filed an appeal of that order Wednesday, asking the Court of Appeals to put a hold on that order so that Cyber Ninjas didn't have to produce "thousands" of records this week. The court filing said requiring the company to provide its documents was unfair. "And if upheld, the judge’s order would subject every state contractor or state employee to the responsibility of having to receive and respond to public-records requests from literally any member of the public, including for records that are clearly private; and to being sued for the failure to do so promptly," the request said. Wilenchik declined to comment Wednesday. Logan made a declaration in the court pleading, saying he doesn't have the time or staff to comply with the order, but possibly could if given 30 days. "My staff and I are working diligently to fulfill (Cyber Ninjas') contract by producing an investigative report to the Senate, and (Cyber Ninjas) is very near the completion of its report," Logan's declaration said. The Court of Appeals said it would pause the order through Sept. 29 at the latest. Cyber Ninjas is expected to begin turning over responsive documents to the Senate and the Senate is expected to begin reviewing them for release. Fann, a Republican, said Tuesday she was concerned with the court's decision because it could mean any documents at private companies hired for government work could be subject to the records law. On Wednesday, Fann proactively provided the letter she sent to Logan to The Arizona Republic. That was unusual, as the Senate continues to argue in court that communications between Fann and Logan —as well as between and among other lawmakers — are shielded from the Public Records Law due to "legislative privilege," meaning they are not required to turn over documents related to their duties as lawmakers. The Senate has claimed that nearly 3,000 documents are protected by such privilege. American Oversight and The Republic continue to press the Senate to turn over those records. The Senate has provided thousands of pages of documents in response to the requests and lawsuits, but much of the material is inconsequential communications with people from Arizona and beyond who shared their support for the audit, along with various news clippings.