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In the wake of official recounts and certification of the results by the secretary of state, the following individuals and groups refused to accept the outcome and instead pushed for a “forensic audit” of all ballots cast in Maricopa County, the state’s largest.
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About Founded in 1999 as a “constructive alternative” to the “left-wing” American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the American Constitutional Rights Union (ACRU) defines its mission as “to protect the God-given rights outlined in the U.S. Constitution” and to push back against “harmful, anti-constitutional ideologies that have taken hold in our nation’s courts, schools, and bureaucracies.” … Read more
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Eleven Republican residents of Arizona attempted to subvert the results of the 2020 presidential election by submitting fake Electoral College documents to Congress as part of the Jan. 6. 2021 certification process.
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About Brandon Beach is a Georgia state senator who helped to appoint a slate of “fake electors” who would cast fraudulent Electoral College votes for Trump even though Biden won the presidential election in Georgia. He has been accused of facilitating conversations between Trump’s presidential campaign and the fake electors. Beach and fellow state senator and … Read more
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Christina Bobb was a reporter for the right-wing news outlet One America News (OAN) from 2020–22, anchoring the pro-Trump show Weekly Briefing. She left the network in March 2022 in order to work for Trump directly through his Save America PAC.
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Shawnna Bolick was a member of the Arizona House of Representatives from 2019–23, where she served on the Elections and Federal Relations committees and as vice chair of the Ways and Means Committee. Before being elected in 2018, she worked for multiple right-wing politicians and think tanks.
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Matt Braynard is the executive director of Look Ahead America (LAA), a right-wing advocacy group that helped spread the Big Lie and pushed for the election audit in Arizona.
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Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2011–22, representing Alabama’s 5th Congressional District. He was a member of the far-right Freedom Caucus and claimed that during President Obama’s administration the Democratic Party had launched a “war on whites.”
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Founded in 1979, the Claremont Institute has long provided a national refuge for serious conservative scholars to come together. As an organization, it provides fellowships to educate conservative influencers, supports legal action through briefs and lawsuits, and publishes the Claremont Review of Books.
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About Cyber Ninjas was a digital security company run by Doug Logan that was hired to conduct what it termed a “forensic audit” of the 2020 election results in Maricopa County, Arizona. After initial audits found no irregularities in Arizona, the state’s Senate Republicans contracted with Cyber Ninjas to conduct a third audit of the … Read more
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Matthew DePerno, a right-wing lawyer based in Kalamazoo, Michigan, won the 2022 GOP primary for attorney general in Michigan and ran in the general election with Trump’s endorsement but lost to Democratic incumbent Dana Nessel.