"This removes election related details that appear to have been covered by the subpoena…[t]his suggests that the main database for all election related data for the November 2020 General Election has been removed.”
And then states that:
"Our clients delivered the server exactly as it was kept by the Maricopa County ElectionsDepartment. Nothing was deleted, or added, from the server when we prepared it to be sent to the Senate pursuant to the Senate’s subpoena."
But apparently didn't read the technical report published by those same clients at the election office that said:
"In accordance with the standard database archival processes, the data files (MDF file type) were moved to a backup hard drive in February to ensure the server had sufficient space to perform the statutory mandated March Jurisdictional Election."
The county attorney's statement appears to be true when carefully parsed. No doubt nothing was "deleted" when they prepared to send the server to the Senate, since the database in question had already been removed by the election office in what they contend was normal operations.
But that doesn't make the statement that the files were deleted untrue. Moving the files from the server is the same as removing them from the provided server from the perspective of the person receiving the server in response to a subpoena.
"In accordance with the standard database archival processes, the data files (MDF file type) were moved to a backup hard drive in February to ensure the server had sufficient space to perform the statutory mandated March Jurisdictional Election."
The county attorney's statement appears to be true when carefully parsed. No doubt nothing was "deleted" when they prepared to send the server to the Senate, since the database in question had already been removed by the election office in what they contend was normal operations.
I watched and listened carefully to both the BoS meeting on Monday and the Senate hearing Tuesday as well as reading the statement regarding "moving" the database. I thought the same thing as you, they were creating wiggle room with that statement and know they needed to. IMO, they know we know they cheated.
I downloaded and searched the Arizona Elections Procedures Manual and searched for those type of keywords (archive, backup, back up, database, etc.) and no results were used in the context of moving a database file. My guess is they aren't getting much sleep at night.
“In accordance with the standard database archival processes, the data files (MDF file type) were moved to a backup hard drive in February to ensure the server had sufficient space to perform the statutory mandated March Jurisdictional Election.”