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Did anyone post this article abt the dark money behind the scammy AZ audit?
Hoo, boy.
https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2021/06/trump-dark-money-groups-funding-arizona-review
...Republicans in the Arizona state Senate, which authorized the probe, allocated $150,000 in state funds to pay for it — just a fraction of the projected overall cost, which is still unknown. The state Senate had enough money in its operating budget to pay for the probe, the Arizona Mirror reported in April, but chose not to pay the full price.
Instead, the effort is being paid for by private donors, who remain hidden from the public, according to a review by OpenSecrets and the Guardian. Both Arizona Republicans and Cyber Ninjas, the Florida-based company overseeing the review, have refused to say who is providing the rest of the money...
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At least $150,000 of the probe’s funding has purportedly come from Voices and Votes, a 501(c)(4) run by Christina Bobb, an anchor for One America News Network, a right-wing media network that has given air to election conspiracy theories. The group is also run with OANN White House correspondent Chanel Rion and Courtland Sykes, Rion’s fiancé. Bobb spoke with Trump about the review, according to the Washington Post and emailed Fann affidavits on behalf of Giuliani last year, emails show...
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L. Lin Wood, the pro-Trump attorney behind a slew of lawsuits seeking to overturn election results last year, told Talking Points Memo his non-profit, Fight Back, donated $50,000 to Voices and Votes for the review. But it is not clear what the money is actually going to since the groups are subject to few financial disclosure rules. Wood, who has promoted fundraising efforts for the review on Telegram, also told TPM that Cyber Ninja CEO Logan worked out of Wood’s home to investigate 2020 election voter fraud claims...
Instead, the effort is being paid for by private donors, who remain hidden from the public, according to a review by OpenSecrets and the Guardian. Both Arizona Republicans and Cyber Ninjas, the Florida-based company overseeing the review, have refused to say who is providing the rest of the money...
*snip*
At least $150,000 of the probe’s funding has purportedly come from Voices and Votes, a 501(c)(4) run by Christina Bobb, an anchor for One America News Network, a right-wing media network that has given air to election conspiracy theories. The group is also run with OANN White House correspondent Chanel Rion and Courtland Sykes, Rion’s fiancé. Bobb spoke with Trump about the review, according to the Washington Post and emailed Fann affidavits on behalf of Giuliani last year, emails show...
*snip*
L. Lin Wood, the pro-Trump attorney behind a slew of lawsuits seeking to overturn election results last year, told Talking Points Memo his non-profit, Fight Back, donated $50,000 to Voices and Votes for the review. But it is not clear what the money is actually going to since the groups are subject to few financial disclosure rules. Wood, who has promoted fundraising efforts for the review on Telegram, also told TPM that Cyber Ninja CEO Logan worked out of Wood’s home to investigate 2020 election voter fraud claims...
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