'It's mind-blowing': Trump-linked firm copied sensitive data from Georgia voting systems

[UCmeNdc]

Donald Trump's lawyers directed computer experts to copy sensitive data from Georgia election systems as part of a broad and well-organized effort to access voting equipment in multiple states.

Emails and other records obtained by the Washington Post show lawyers asked the forensic data firm Atlanta-based SullivanStrickler to access election systems in at least three key states, and attorneys for voting-security activists and Georgia voters said the documents confirmed the state's election system had been copied.

“The breach is way beyond what we thought,” said attorney David D. Cross, who is representing the plaintiffs. “The scope of it is mind-blowing.”

https://www.rawstory.com/sullivanstrickler/

[malaise]

1. A lot of folks are heading for prison

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The end is nigh!

[CCExile]

19. ?

[Jakes Progress]

22. Wish I shared your optimism.

[ChazII]

50. +1 n/t

[msfiddlestix]

46. love your enthusiasm, but we really need to stop saying that, because it's just not the reality.

I hope at the very least some folks do get convicted and do serious time, I hope it's more than one patsy.

at the minimum

we shall see if even more than or two of his henchmen get thrown in the clank, but so far , that's not panning out.

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. If about a democrat, wall to wall coverage every network for days...

But it is about a con, trump to be exact...so nothing to see here.

[Trueblue Texan]

34. Nothing to see here?

...uh, I don't know what news you've been watching, but so far, Trump and the search warrant and fallout is all that is being covered. Every. Day. Every. Hour.

[lindysalsagal]

3. Like the failed casino gangster isn't already being investigated

And sued on a dozen other fronts. This will be the easiest and most essential to prosecute. There will be yuuuuuge paper trails, phone calls, emails, and $$ changing hands, appointments/pardons promised...he needed help to do this. There will be dozens willing to turn states evidence. IT people won't lie for the conman!

[Baitball Blogger]

4. Lawyers. Not surprised. Not surprised at all.

[Nevilledog]

9. Hey!

At least say Republican lawyers.

[Nevilledog]

42. Psst....I think you posted this in the wrong place.

[ancianita]

43. Why? Where do you think it should be posted. It's a rawstory report, right?

Headline and all, right? No OP comment, right? In GD, right?

[Nevilledog]

45. You responded to my post about specifying these were Republican lawyers

Since you referred to UCmeNdc, I'm guessing you meant to post something that they would be notified on. Only I got notified of your post. I'm just suggesting you posted it in the wrong place ON the thread, not that it wasn't appropriate FOR the thread.






See, I did it too.

[ancianita]

47. I see. You're right. I'll post it to UCmeNdc. Thank you. Sorry.

[slumcamper]

28. We must try to avoid impugning lawyers generally, as we will be needing plenty!

I don't believe that was your intent; rather, I suspect it was a general statement about the capability of lawyers to leverage the power of their legal authority, however misguided.

Indeed, such types give a once-noble profession a bad name, and I definitely share that perspective.

Now:

[ancianita]

49. If they solicited data through proper legal channels (cty. commissioners, secs of state) they

were just sleazy. But if the lawyers themselves kept that data, or turned it over to a third party, that's info that belongs to the publics of those states. I can see why there's a lawsuit, and in that case, and they should lose their licenses across those three states.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

31. Behind every sleazy lawyer is a sleazy client.

[Baitball Blogger]

32. Sometimes, they naturally find each other.

Central Florida has a knack for that kind of chemistry,

[Irish_Dem]

5. It is not "mind blowing" for those who have been paying attention.

Seems fairly typical of the GOP.

[flying_wahini]

6. Since there are so many of them Inquiring minds wanna know

Just how many people can GitMo hold?

[2naSalit]

8. Yeah...

We do need to wait up on closing that place at the moment.

[GreenWave]

24. And float them in via the Bermuda Triangle

just for fun.

[2naSalit]

25. I like the way you think!

Welcome to DU!

[bullimiami]

7. Liquidate all their assets to help pay for the voting systems they corrupted.

[calimary]

10. Like this idea!

[Ponietz]

16. Use the assets for restitution to their victims

[uponit7771]

33. +1,

[Lonestarblue]

11. Someone in those states allowed illegal access. They need to be prosecuted.

I think those in Michigan are already being investigated in Michigan. This is the first I’ve heard about Georgia.

[oldsoftie]

14. That was my first thought; WHO let them "in"?

Shouldn't be that hard to figure out
I live here & haven't heard anything about it either.

[James48]

18. In Michigan - the local Sheriff

DAR Leaf is his name. He is a low IQ “Constitutional Sheriff”, who has committed various felonies as part of this. See https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/sheriff-dar-leaf-michigan-trying-thwart-my-probe-2020-election

[FakeNoose]

40. Not only that, it shows that Dominion machines aren't hard to break into

If crazy-lady Sidney Powell figured it out on her own, it can't be that hard.

Dominion needs to set up a 2-step verification of passwords, or SOMETHING!

Do it quickly, we have another election coming up in 3 months!

[wryter2000]

12. Holy crap

Who in their right mind would comply with a request like that? That person needs to go to jail and share a cell with Rudy, America's Convict.

[liberalmuse]

13. There needs to be a class action suit against these fascists.

Our vote is sacred and they violated that right. This is on top of all of them spending many years in prison.

[Jakes Progress]

20. Will only happen is private citizens sue.

DOJ and other agencies take years to do this kind of thing, and by 2024, it will be moot.

[bringthePaine]

15. should be a new slew of criminal and civil cases - take their money, then lock 'em up👍😬

[barbtries]

17. and they still couldn't find any evidence. nt

[Blue Owl]

21. K&R for exposure

[alotus51]

23. Republican't...

It should be called the Republican't party. Can't do anything right. The Gang that couldn't coup straight. Feel free to pile on.

[catbyte]

26. The Michigan Attorney General has requested a Special Prosecutor to investigate

her opponent, Matthew DePerno, for the alternate electors slate and plot to gain access to sensitive voting machine data.

Article here

DePerno is a real up-and-comer in Treason Party circles and has the shady past to prove it:

Firm: Michigan AG hopeful Matt DePerno fired over ‘padded,’ false billings

March 24, 2022
Jonathan Oosting

KALAMAZOO—A Republican running to be Michigan’s top law enforcement official was fired from a law firm in 2005 after colleagues alleged he “padded” client billings for personal and professional benefit, according to court records reviewed by Bridge Michigan.

Matt DePerno, an attorney general candidate endorsed by former President Donald Trump, sued the firm over his firing and denied the allegations in court. But he told Bridge he cannot discuss details because of a confidential settlement.

DePerno is best known for defending former state Rep. Todd Courser after a 2015 sex scandal cover-up and challenging Antrim County election results in a failed lawsuit that spawned ongoing conspiracy theories about the 2020 election.

The Antrim County case made DePerno a national figure in Trump’s campaign to overturn the election but prompted criticism from a Republican-led Michigan Senate panel that accused him of making false claims for personal profit, echoing allegations that marred DePerno’s legal career nearly two decades earlier.

snip

Article here

GOTV, Michiganders! We can't let traitors like this POS anywhere near any State office.

[The Bopper]

27. We've watched

As they tried to overthrow our constitution, we’ve watched as they attacked law enforcement, we’ve watched while they stole top secret papers, we’ve watched as they’ve tried to throw a past Presidental candidate in jail. It’s about time the hammer falls on the Benedict Arnold party lead by Benedict Donald.

[Pinback]

29. Story says they copied the data from machines in Coffee County, GA.

This is a fairly rural county in the southeastern area of the state, at the southern end of Georgia's heavily gerrymandered 12th Congressional District.

There were only about 5,000 Coffee County votes for Biden in November 2020, so fudging the data there wouldn't get TFG to the goal of 11,780. More likely there was a pliable Republican official (or lax security measures) there that gave them access, and then the half-cocked plan was to show something "scandalous" to cast doubt on the state as a whole. That's just conjecture on my part, of course, but it sounds about right for the Kraken Who Couldn't Shoot Straight.

This article from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution has a lot more information and is worth a look for anyone who wants to understand more about this story: Elections investigation focuses on alleged breach in South Georgia

Some illuminating paragraphs from the AJC piece:

Allegations of illicit access surfaced earlier this year with the disclosure of a recording of an Atlanta-area bail bondsman, Scott Hall, who said he arranged a flight to inspect election computers in Coffee County.

“They sent their team down to Coffee County, Georgia, and they scanned all the equipment, imaged all the hard drives, and scanned every single ballot,” Hall said in the recording from March 7, 2021. “We basically had the entire elections committee there, OK, and they said, ‘We give you permission, go for it.’”

Misty Hampton, the county’s elections director at the time, told the AJC that a local elections board member, Eric Chaney, allowed people seeking to examine election equipment to access the office. Chaney couldn’t be reached for comment.

Former Coffee County Republican Party Chairwoman Cathy Latham has denied that anyone connected to the Trump campaign was given access to election computers.

“That’s bull hockey. If that had happened, that would have been all over town,” Latham said last month. “If you could see where the (elections) building is, it’s right in the middle of downtown. Especially right after November, all during that time, that would have thrown up a red flag.”

An attorney for Coffee County didn’t respond to an email seeking comment.

- More at link: https://www.ajc.com/politics/elections-investigations-focus-on-alleged-breach-in-south-georgia/AY5FKZDQJBF77LFXH5ZQ5XPBPU/

[TheRealNorth]

30. That's a generous assumption...

They could be looking for vulnerabilities or for ways to generate fraudulent votes, either to help their candidate win and/or as "proof" of fraud. Either way, they win in that scenario.

[myohmy2]

35. it's...

...like there are no laws or rules for the rich...

...they simply do what they want...

[BlueIdaho]

36. Georgia will be TFG's Waterloo

It’s a nexus of criminality for the GQP. Rudy, Lindsay G, TFG… who am I missing?

[Demsrule86]

37. Did Raffensberger make the system available...the Governor...who?

[KY_EnviroGuy]

38. Makes one wonder who's still in possession of all the data they copied.

Color me naive if need be, but I thought most states have existing law that protects election records and severely limits who has access to that data.


KY...........

[LetMyPeopleVote]

39. The access of these machines are crimes in most states and these assholes need to be prosecuted

Link to tweet

[ancianita]

48. So we've got one GA lawyer name, I think -- Sidney Powell.

But wasn't Lin Wood (not mentioned, but the only GA lawyer I know who was based in GA ) also involved? And why did a court agree to have SullivanStrickler having just a few counties to do it.

There must have been other lawyers who made the "broad and well-organized effort to access voting equipment in multiple states." What other two states? And to whom? And did money change hands from them, and not just Powell?

Reported election lawyers from other sources --
Ty Cobb
Chuck Cooper
Jenna Ellis
Boris Epshteyn
Rudy Giuliani
Abbe Lowell
William Olson
Kurt Olsen
Sydney Powell
Lin Wood

attorneys for voting-security activists and Georgia voters said the documents confirmed the state's election system had been copied

And who did the copying? Did money change hands for the copying?


When we get incomplete information (thanks, rawstory) and what amounts to some half-assed reportage, it's not helpful. It serves to raise expectations or raise suspicion without any clear map from the news source.


Incomplete reportage of the basics -- of who, what, where, when, how, why -- that raises more questions, isn't helpful.

This isn't about your post, UCmeNdc. I ask because this is about the quality of reportage that maybe we should think twice before passing on, or about posting without questions. So I ask.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

51. Georgia Opens Criminal Investigation Into Trump Campaign Stealing Voter Data

Sidney Powell needs to be disbarred and put into jail

Link to tweet

https://www.politicususa.com/2022/08/16/georgia-criminal-investigation-voter-data.html

Trump attorney Sidney Powell helped coordinate the effort, and she was billed over $26,000 by computer experts from Atlanta tech company SullivanStrickler, the records show.

The GBI confirmed Tuesday that it has opened a criminal investigation of the incident on Jan. 7, 2021, when the group flew from Atlanta to South Georgia and were given access by local election officials to equipment that was supposed to be kept secure from outsiders. Computer theft is a felony punishable by up to 15 years in prison.

The same team that was part of the voter data breach in Michigan and Nevada stole voter data in Coffee County, Georgia. The team was supervised by the Trump campaign, as Sidney Powell coordinated the effort to steal voter data as they were trying to prove voter and election fraud that would have provided Donald Trump with a pretext to carry out his coup and stay in power.

Trump is already looking at the possibility of being indicted in Georgia for election meddling. The theft of the voter data, and the nation should be honest by calling it theft, is a separate investigation.

It is possible that Trump could also be charged for stealing election data, although Sidney Powell is likely to be looking at criminal charges if the investigation uncovers wrongdoing.