Posted on 05/19/2021 8:51:50 AM PDT by Mariner
PHOENIX (AP) — Firms hired to run a partisan audit of the 2020 election for Senate Republicans in Arizona said Tuesday that data was not destroyed, reversing earlier allegations that election officials in the state's most populated county eliminated evidence.
The claim of deleted databases was amplified by former President Donald Trump and his supporters, who believe conspiracy theories about election irregularities.
Ben Cotton, founder of a computer forensics firm working on the audit, told key senators that he had recovered all data. The revelation came a day after Maricopa County officials released a scathing letter saying the auditors couldn't find the data because they didn't know where to look.
“I have the information I need from the recovery efforts of the data,” said Cotton, founder of CyFIR LLC.
He spoke at a livestreamed hearing called by Republican Senate President Karen Fann to demand answers from county officials about the allegation of deleted data and improper documentation of ballot storage.
The GOP-controlled county Board of Supervisors refused to show up, instead holding a blistering meeting of their own Monday to refute the allegations. They called the audit a “sham” and said Fann's auditors are incompetent.
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Notice how the “backtracking” statement by the AP is a spin on the fact that data was recovered in order to discredit the earlier claim that it was deleted.
AP is lying.
You’ve COMPLETELY discredited yourself on this garbage thread.
So CNN lied again. No surprise.
(Why are school districts allowed to use CNN as a "news" source for students?)
Anyway this is good news, that they were able to recover the deleted information. Thanks for explaining it.
It’s not an act. Some Freepers are that stupid. Others are trolls who rush to spread disinformation in an effort to demoralize. Others are knee-jerk cynics and quiters who can’t muster a positive thought. Still others are panicky pearl clutchers ready to step off the ledge at any seemingly negative report.
freeper rigelkentaurus: I listened to the Senate hearing this afternoon. What CNN stated is false, surprise surprise. What the auditor said was the data WAS deleted, but that they were able to successfully recovery it fully and that the issue is moot from there audit viewpoint as they now have the data.
Who deleted it and when is still an open question, and that is certainly destruction of evidence and in violation of AZ election law. Doubt it will be pursued, but the reality is completely different than CNN claims.
Well you suspected wrong. Someone with administrative access “deleted” the database folder, but the audit team was able to recover the deleted folder and its files because that deletion was the last thing done to the machines before they were handed over. When stolen money is recovered no one says, “Well the police backtracked on the robbery.”
***I don’t do video and did not watch the hearing***
Thank you for proving that FR is a valuable service and my money means something.
Notice how the “backtracking” statement by the AP is a spin on the fact that data was recovered in order to discredit the earlier claim that it was deleted.CNN used the same word in their report yesterday (see https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3960412/posts):
Auditors hired by the Arizona state Senate backtracked Tuesday from claims that a key database had been deleted from Maricopa County's elections serversEmphpasis added.
You are right there.
He’d prefer to not watch the actual event, but would rather post lies from a “news” organization that shares office space with Hamas terrorists...
Confusing and I suspect the AP is spinning this.
Was the data deleted and then recovered, or was is there all along.
The data was deleted but not destroyed. The nincompoop was the guy who thought deleting the directory would actually destroy the data as opposed to just make it difficult to recover. Who do they get to write for the AP? You’d think an editor with at least a remote understanding of servers would look at a story like this, but that would assume AP is not deliberately being misleading.
It’s not an act. Some Freepers are that stupid. Others are trolls who rush to spread disinformation in an effort to demoralize. Others are knee-jerk cynics and quiters who can’t muster a positive thought. Still others are panicky pearl clutchers ready to step off the ledge at any seemingly negative report.LOLOLOL : )
[Insert meme of audience clapping]
They were on the same conference call on how to handle their Maricopa mess.
One wonders if Iran and Hamas also get to offer input on these thrice-daily conference calls for American Democrat Media.
You are correct and, as you pointed out, that includes the Qbots, who have been wrong every damn time and help push the ignorance. It's shameful. It's no wonder the GOP is in the shape it is.
Don't lump me in with those traitorous bastiches.
Just watch the testimony video(40 Seconds) in post 15. Then compare to the story. The lies are obvious. Exactly how the data still resided on the drive in deleted form is irrelevant to proving the MSM stories are a lie. The guy never said what the MSM says he said. So why would anyone believe a word they say?
I am pretty sure that you won’t find the video on YouTube as they would most likely delete and suspend immediately.
Probably does not matter what they find now after this.
What's the sense? The ballot box is broken, and it's just going to get worse.
The way that this report is worded is something to behold. Talk about spinning a story to appear to be something other than what it truly is.
Be very careful when taking propaganda to heart.
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