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NEW: We just obtained more documents from Arizona’s sham election “audit.” Records show audit leader Randy Pullen was in contact both with conspiracy theorists and Republican leadership regarding the partisan recount. #AZleg
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Bruce Ash, the former national committeeman of the AZ Republican Party, forwarded Pullen an email Ash sent to Republican National Committee Co-chair Tommy Hicks essentially asking for RNC funding to defend against challenges to the sham “audit.”

The records suggest that Pullen, who is now involved in the bogus “audit” in an official capacity, was communicating directly with conspiracy theorist Jovan Hutton Pulitzer at least as far back as February.

We previously obtained communications between Arizona Senate President Karen Fann and Pulitzer.

https://twitter.com/weareoversight/status/1400925027189600259?s=20

Next, we obtained text messages between right-wing agitator Christine Bauserman and Pullen in which the two discussed election conspiracy theorist Bobby Piton’s connection to the bogus review.

Piton was a witness at an unofficial hearing held by Rudy Giuliani last November, where he claimed without evidence that the election was stolen.
azmirror.com/2021/06/22/the…

With each new set of documents we obtain, we see further evidence of the influence of conspiracy theorists on the sham “audit” in Arizona. Read more about our ongoing investigation here:
americanoversight.org/investigation/…