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LEFT COAST RIGHT WATCH
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NEW from LCRW: Audio analysis appears to show Ron Watkins and under-investigation Mesa County, Colorado Clerk Tina Peters were present during a breach of that county's voting machine storage room.
Link to the analysis in the article for peer review.
AUDIO ANALYSIS SUGGESTS FORMER 8CHAN OPERATOR ACCOMPANIED MESA COUNTY CLERK IN BREACHING VOTING...
Audio analysis suggests Ron Watkins participated in a security breach a CO county clerk is under investigation for.
leftcoastrightwatch.org
9:11 PM · Aug 19, 2021
https://leftcoastrightwatch.org/2021/08/audio-analysis-suggests-former-8chan-operator-accompanied-mesa-county-clerk-in-breaching-voting-machine-data/
Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters went into a secure room with a currently unknown man who took photos and video of voting machine passwords. Peters then handed the information to conspiracy theory promoter and former 8Chan/8Kun operator Ron Watkins. Watkins used video of the machines to promote Trumps claims the 2020 election was stolen from him. He claimed the video showed a whistleblower from Dominion Voting Systems talking to another Dominion employee talking about how to remotely access the machines. But audio analysis of the video appears to show its actually Watkins and Peters talking on camera, which would mean Watkins participated in the breach of the voting machines.
Peters has a history of pro-Trump and antivaxx conspiracy theory-mongering. She posted and deleted tweets last year echoing Trumps claims the election was rigged against him and that she had insider knowledge about how to tamper with elections. She also ignored orders last week from the Colorado Secretary of State to turn in documents, surveillance footage and equipment for the criminal investigation against her, instead choosing to fly to South Dakota to speak at Mike Lindells Cyber Symposium, the pillow company CEOs latest botched attempt to peddle phony evidence Trump was cheated out of a second term.
Investigators say Peters entered the secure voting machine storage room in May with two other people: an as-yet unnamed employee of her office and a man Peters called Gerard Wood, who took the photos and videos of the passwords. Peters took Wood into the secure room during a software update of the voting machines that only authorized Clerks Office employees were supposed to be present for. Peters later told the Colorado Secretary of State that Wood was an employee of her office, but he wasnt. Woodss real identity is currently unknown.
Watkins is most infamous as the administrator of 8kun and then 8chan, the anonymous message boards where the people behind QAnon made their failed prophetic statements about Hillary Clinton and thousands of others being arrested, tried and killed by the U.S. Military led by Trump and where three mass shooters posted their manifestos and one successfully broadcasted his murder spree. Watkins is also widely believed to be behind QAnons posts during the last two years. He has been helping Trump-linked election fraud grifters spread disinformation since last year under his own name.
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ck4829
(35,077 posts)LymphocyteLover
(5,644 posts)Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)Tinas in trouble.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Tomconroy
(7,611 posts)A lot of people are making a lot of money from this grift. I wish the Times or the Post would do an in depth expose.
Captain Zero
(6,811 posts)Whatever they are accusing others of doing, they are doing themselves, as incompetently as they can.
chowder66
(9,073 posts)dalton99a
(81,516 posts)and 61.7% Boebert for the House
obamanut2012
(26,080 posts)Hmmmmm.....
dalton99a
(81,516 posts)obamanut2012
(26,080 posts)If they can prove what she did. Wow.
Cryptoad
(8,254 posts)White Folk dont do much hard time....... funny how that works
calimary
(81,322 posts)And no, I didnt misspell pea there.
llashram
(6,265 posts)Hugin
(33,164 posts)Would someone please explain it to me like I was born this morning...
What's in it for people such as Watkins, Lindell, and Sidney Powell? Obviously, the rewards are not financial for their cray cray spree. There are kids out there more in the positive running a lemonade stand.
Is it for attention? Are they feeding an audience they think exists, but, doesn't. Playing to an audience of one FG? Who could care less.
What?
Tomconroy
(7,611 posts)Since she first came on the scene. For her I think money was the motive. Lindell appears to be just nuts. Watkins: there has to be a money angle somewhere.
Dorian Gray
(13,496 posts)is a chaos agent....
he's scummy. He wants to make a ton of money. He wants power. He wants to feel important. He accused others of doing all the creepy ass things he does. Just gross.
I agree that Lindell is a lunatic (and probably drug user again). Powell is more opaque to me. Don't get what she's after.
Grins
(7,218 posts)Just ask Trump mentor Roy Cohn. (Youll have to shout, cuz ..)
FakeNoose
(32,645 posts)I'm not a security expert, and I only know what I read on DU.
However it's clear to me that some cellphones capture the GPS info as part of the ID signature on the photos and videos that phone takes. If Watkins' phone were to be examined, I'm wondering if investigators could determine whether he was there.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)can be admissible in court.
I found that earlier this month when Watkins told his subscribers on Telegram he had election fraud evidence there was nothing new to that, but a link he provided
The goal of the spammer is to get the user to click a payment link included in the notification so they can be tricked into purchasing an app or a subscription that claims will remove this nonexistent virus.
The article wonders why he'd do such a thing to his own subscribers, but why would he have ever done anything to his victims? At least this is easily removed, while these days half of them are peeking out from behind closed drapes to scan the skies for brain-eating lasers.
Carlitos Brigante
(26,501 posts)calimary
(81,322 posts)Worse than COVID.
Its a nation killer. A democracy killer. We need a vaccine for THAT.
KS Toronado
(17,259 posts)We need as many voters as possible on our side next 2 elections.
calimary
(81,322 posts)I hope and pray that Democrats everywhere will understand that VERY clearly and thoroughly.
KS Toronado
(17,259 posts)calimary
(81,322 posts)For some reason this makes me think of the ad slogan for a perfume years ago: Wear it and be WONDERFUL!
KS Toronado
(17,259 posts)Like minded people think alike. Just thought you'd like to know your words are impressing others.
calimary
(81,322 posts)Humbly happy to help!
Thats just one reason among many why DU is such a great resource. Its a forum that encourages and develops good material! For using and sharing, and SPREADING!
jaxexpat
(6,834 posts)tanyev
(42,568 posts)spanone
(135,844 posts)our democracy is in peril from within