Thread by @SethAbramson

(🆚) BREAKING NEWS: This is big. A new exposé at PROOF reveals that the ongoing Arizona ballot audit is an extension of the January 6 insurrection, involving the same plotters and goal—toppling Biden's government. I hope you'll subscribe, read and RETWEET. sethabramson.substack.com/p/breaking-new…

1/ We *know* the insurrectionists who were part of January 6's "plotter" class of prospective federal defendants. We know their movements; we know their agendas; we know where they put money and resources. The same characters have now appeared in Arizona, seeking a "domino" play.

2/ These insurrectionists believe that if *any* irregularity can be manufactured in the current Arizona audit—of any size, scope or plausibility—they have the ear of the former president, and he'll immediately declare that "proof" of a rigged presidential election has been found.

3/ And Trump has already declared that whatever happens with this effort in Arizona, it will be matched by identical efforts in Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, and possibly elsewhere. But Trump and his team's plan could produce more insurgent violence.

4/ The characters behind 1/6 and its aftermath—the still under-reported "martial law plan" phase of the insurrection, that lasted from 1/7 to 1/20—include the following (a non-exhaustive list):

▪️ Ali Alexander
▪️ Michal Flynn
▪️ Sidney Powell
▪️ Michael Lindell
▪️ Patrick Byrne

5/ What many don't realize, and this PROOF exposé adds to the narrative—among much else—is that for a key player in the DC and AZ insurrections, Ali Alexander, this is war. And with the discovery of a key post-1/6 interview, we now know it's both a "civil war" *and* a "holy war."

6/ We have insurrectionists like Alexander who are threatening violence if they don't get their way in AZ and elsewhere—a problem, as they're not going to get their way.

Others—like Mike Lindell—are promising Trumpists that Trump will be reinstalled in the White House by August.

7/ Too many Americans see the insurrection as sad—the same thing they said pre-1/6. Then the U.S. Capitol was attacked, plots to murder Congress were unfurled, five died, 130 were injured, martial law was discussed in the Oval Office. It's time we take what's happening seriously.

8/ Trump doesn't need to—and isn't going to—overturn the vote in Arizona. But as this exposé reveals, the Arizona audit *isn't intended to change the results*. It has developed methods—including the possible destruction of ballots—to deliver to Trump what he wants: a tally shift.

9/ Trump has also used—in his bizarre "patio rant" (see article for link)—events in New Hampshire as proof of a "rigged" election. What happened in New Hampshire? We don't know. But in Windham, a recount changed tallies and Trump quickly seized on it. That's his plan nationwide.

10/ This PROOF article establishes the connection between the Trump campaign and the Arizona audit in a way no other reporting has, situating the audit as a *direct* result of Trump and Stop the Steal's intervention, *not* merely something the Arizona GOP cooked up to please him.

11/ This matters. If these fake audits aren't just state legislators trying to please Trump but a coordinated effort by Trump and his donors, agents, allies and associates to continue the fight Trump started on 1/6—which focused on state legislators—it's part of the insurrection.

12/ We mustn't forget that that's what 1/6 was about: Trump insisting the Electoral College ballots that elected Biden be "sent back to the states" so they could audit their 2020 tallies. Trump failed in DC, so now he's taking his insurrection state-to-state, starting in Arizona.

13/ Right now there's no whole-of-government approach to the ongoing domestic insurgency. The FBI and DOJ appear to be exclusively focused on foot-soldiers, leaving the January 6 plotters—like Byrne, Lindell, Powell, Flynn, Alexander, and others—to move Trump's insurrection west.

14/ What's happening in Arizona is a result of the continued underestimation of the danger Trump poses to America. Until he and his insurrectionist donors, aides, allies, and associates—i.e. the subset of his team that's insurrectionist—is facing consequences, this will continue.

15/ If you—or anyone you know—still doesn't get it, play out this hypothetical:

1⃣ Biden won AZ by ~10,000 votes.
2⃣ The Maricopa (AZ) audit is a fraud.
3⃣ It'll be easy for Logan and his team to issue a report suggesting "fraud" changed the AZ result.
4⃣ What would happen next?

16/ Arizona has one of the most (para)militarized pro-Trump voter bases. The most committed pro-Trump paramilitaries—e.g. the Proud Boys—are in Arizona (along with a few other states, like FL, MI, OH, and NC). If Trump convinces them an "audit" shows he won Arizona, what happens?

17/ What sort of "protest" do you imagine might descend upon Phoenix, Arizona—involving pro-Trump paramilitaries from across America, led by the infamous Arizona Proud Boys—if Trump declares that an audit has "proven" that fraud stole Arizona's electors from him? We already know:

18/ Sure, there's a *chance* it wouldn't happen, but what *steps* are being taken by the FBI, DOJ, or other elements within the federal government to ensure that this fraudulent Arizona recount isn't—as Trump has already publicly implied—a prelude to another insurrectionist riot?

19/ I worry that there's a *chance* we'll all be on Twitter a month from now saying, "Boy, who would've imagined that that AZ 'audit' funded by insurrectionists would lead to an attack on the AZ statehouse in Phoenix—and that then the insurrection would spread to PA, MI, WI, GA?"

20/ PROOF will keep covering the insurrection—via thousands of major-media links, exclusive curations, and breaking news—until it's over. If you want to stay informed about this ongoing threat, the only media outlet near-singularly focused on it is here: sethabramson.substack.com

(UPDATE1) Folks may wonder about the "UV lights" component of this PROOF article—see my pinned tweet—by way of wanting more info than is already provided. I can offer up a piece of information that's important but still wasn't able to make it into the article (for space reasons).

(UPDATE2) When asked about the use of UV lights, the response from the Logan/Bennett duo was that the "Cyber Ninjas" were looking for "watermarks" on ballots to confirm that the ballots were authentic.

Just one problem with that: Arizona *doesn't use watermarks on its ballots*.

(UPDATE3) When told that their excuse for using a technology that could *destroy Arizona ballots and alter the vote tally* was nonsense, the Logan/Bennett duo came back with something about checking the "weight" of the "paper" used for the ballots. No one knows what that's about.

(UPDATE4) Why does it matter? Because I haven't found a major-media source yet which—on speaking to elections experts of any political persuasion/background—can justify the use of potentially ballot-destroying UV lights to analyze ballots. Unless the *goal* is to destroy ballots.

(UPDATE5) Moreover, as the article notes, Trump—who we now have reason to believe may be directly behind the audit—is *especially* interested in the UV lights. Again, the *one part of the audit* with no evident purpose but to destroy ballots and fraudulently alter the vote tally.