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Election Audit—Michigan
Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election in Michigan with a count of 2,804,040 votes to Trump’s 2,649,852 votes.
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Election Audit—Arizona
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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Election Audit—Pennsylvania
President Biden won the state of Pennsylvania in the 2020 election by a margin of 80,555 votes, winning 3,458,229 votes to Trump’s 3,377,674. However, Trump’s allies quickly began to challenge the results in Pennsylvania, as they had in other swing states carried by Biden.
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Election Audit—Wisconsin
About Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election in Wisconsin with 1,630,866 votes to Trump’s 1,610,184. As in other swing states, Trump and his allies challenged the Wisconsin results with baseless lawsuits and demands for unnecessary investigations. Wisconsin was the site of possibly the most audits into the 2020 election, with multiple government investigations as … Read more
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Ellis, Jenna
Jenna Ellis is a right-wing Christian lawyer who served as a legal adviser to Trump during his final year in office. In October 2023, she admitted to breaking the law in supporting Trump’s false claims of election fraud and struck a plea deal with prosecutors in Georgia.
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Epshteyn, Boris
Boris Epshteyn is a right-wing attorney and political consultant who was an advisor to Trump’s 2016 and 2020 presidential campaigns. In 2017, he became chief political analyst for Sinclair Broadcast Group, which reportedly worked with the 2016 Trump campaign to generate favorable coverage of the candidate.
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Fann, Karen
Karen Fann served as president of the Arizona State Senate from January 2019–January 2023. She is a lifelong Republican and American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) member who served Legislative District 1 since 2011, first as a representative, then as a senator.
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Finchem, Mark
Mark Finchem (R) is a far-right member of the Arizona House of Representatives who maintains ties to multiple extremist and white nationalist groups. A member of the Oath Keepers militia group himself, he has also vocally supported the QAnon cult and conspiracy theories.
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Gableman, Michael
About Michael Gableman is a former Wisconsin State Supreme Court justice. During his tenure (2008–18), he and fellow conservative justices ruled that “issue advocacy” did not fall within the purview of Wisconsin campaign finance law. The Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) described that decision as “opening the door to unlimited funds [coming] directly from … Read more
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Gaetz, Matt
About Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) has served Florida’s 1st Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2017. Known for sparking controversy, he ran for reelection in 2022 with Trump’s endorsement and won with nearly 70 percent of the vote. In 2021, Gaetz was under federal investigation for child sex trafficking stemming from allegations that … Read more
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Giuliani, Rudy
Rudy Giuliani is a right-wing lawyer, politician, and former mayor of New York City who helped Trump strategize about potential lawsuits and other options for overturning the results of the 2020 election after the president lost his bid for a second term.