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Sep 17, 2021 • 8 tweets • 4 min read • Read on X
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Last winter, Fulton County, Penn., carried out “audits” of its election results, becoming a testing ground for an effort that spread to other states. This week, county officials were ordered to begin releasing "audit" records in response to our records requests. #FoiaFriday
Fulton’s “audits” in Dec. 2020 and Feb. 2021, backed by pro-Trump Sen. Doug Mastriano and others, were conducted by the company Wake TSI — which worked as a contractor to a nonprofit operated by Sidney Powell, who represented Trump in election challenges.
azmirror.com/2021/05/24/gro…
A few months later, Wake TSI joined the “audit” team in Arizona led by Cyber Ninjas, where it was in charge of counting ballots cast in Maricopa County.
azmirror.com/blog/wake-tsi-…
In July, Pennsylvania’s acting secretary of state decertified voting machines in Fulton County after Wake TSI conducted the partisan ballot review.
washingtonpost.com/politics/penns…
That month, we sent public records requests to Fulton County to shed light on the review process.

We asked Fulton County’s technology director for communications regarding the county’s inspection of election equipment.
americanoversight.org/document/recor…
We asked the Fulton County elections director and the Board of Commissioners for communications with external entities, including Powell, Mastriano, and figures linked to audit efforts or election challenges in Arizona and across the country.
americanoversight.org/document/recor…
After Fulton County refused to release the records, we filed an administrative appeal. This week, the Pennsylvania Office of Open Records completely rejected the county’s arguments and ordered the county to release the records to us within 30 days.
americanoversight.org/pennsylvania-c…
We have been investigating efforts in Arizona, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Georgia, & other states to promote false claims of election fraud, advance new voting restrictions, & undermine faith in democratic institutions. Read more here:
americanoversight.org/from-voter-fra…

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Apr 25
We obtained emails between top Trump administration DHS officials and Ginni Thomas, a conservative activist and wife of the Supreme Court justice.

The emails show Thomas sharing election conspiracies in the days before the 2020 election.
americanoversight.org/document/dhs-c…
Screenshot of an email sent by Ginni Thomas. In part, the email reads: "[Redacted] asked me for links we have all been sharing about the coming insurrection, chaos, and violence. It is not random. It appears very organized if you have the eyes to see and read and hear."
On Oct. 28, 2020 — less than a week before the election — Ginni Thomas sent more than a dozen links to a Google Group called “20024.” “[Redacted] asked me for links we have all been sharing about the coming insurrection, chaos, and violence,” she wrote. Screenshot of an email sent by Ginni Thomas.
“It is not random. It appears very organized if you have the eyes to see and read and hear,” she continued. Thomas asked recipients to add more links and to organize the articles.

An individual (name redacted) created a Google document that organized the various links. Screenshot of an email.
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Apr 19
The “constitutional sheriffs” movement is a fringe theory that holds that sheriffs have more law enforcement power in their home counties than any other government body or individual. The movement has brought its work to the election denial space.
theguardian.com/us-news/2024/a…
“Nothing is more dangerous to our democracy than a movement based on election lies promoted by radical law enforcement officials who falsely believe they are the ultimate authority, including on matters of election administration,” our Chioma Chukwu told the Guardian.
We’ve been investigating “constitutional sheriffs,” obtaining the schedule and list of participating fellows at the Claremont Institute’s Sheriffs Fellowship — a November 2022 gathering of some of the most controversial sheriffs in the country.
americanoversight.org/investigation/…
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Mar 12
It’s #SunshineWeek, a week that celebrates & promotes access to information and open government nationwide.

Today, we’re highlighting the power of #FOIA with a thread about its past, present, and future. We’re highlighting the power of #FOIA with a thread about its past, present, and future.
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed FOIA into law on July 4, 1966. Records show LBJ personally removed strong language supporting open government from the press statement. He only agreed to sign it after DOJ suggested he include a signing statement.
nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/…
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed FOIA into law on July 4, 1966. Records show LBJ personally removed strong language supporting open government from the press statement. He only agreed to sign it after DOJ suggested he include a signing statement.
In his signing statement, LBJ praised the importance of openness for democracy and said the legislation affirmed American principles. But he also wrote that he felt some documents shouldn’t be available to the public.
nsarchive2.gwu.edu//nsa/foia/FOIA…
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Jan 10
Yesterday, D.C. Circuit heard oral arguments on presidential immunity in Trump’s election interference case.

Judges questioned both sides about our amicus brief arguing the D.C. Circuit lacks jurisdiction to hear Trump’s appeal on his immunity claims. Here’s what that’s about:
In Trump’s federal election interference case, U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan ruled that Trump is not entitled to immunity from criminal prosecution. Trump appealed the ruling, hoping to delay the trial set for March.
Late last month, we filed an amicus brief that argues that the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit lacks jurisdiction to hear Trump’s immunity appeal until after he is tried by a jury, convicted, and sentenced.
americanoversight.org/american-overs…
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Jan 4
As we approach the anniversary of Jan. 6, 2021, former President Trump faces criminal charges for attempting to subvert the election. An amicus brief we filed in this case could thwart his effort to delay his trial until after this year’s election.
latimes.com/opinion/story/…
In the election interference case, U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan ruled that Trump is not entitled to immunity from criminal prosecution. Trump appealed that ruling, hoping to delay the trial set for March.
Last week, we filed an amicus brief arguing that the D.C. Circuit lacks jurisdiction to hear Trump’s appeal on his immunity claims until after he is tried by a jury, convicted, and sentenced.
americanoversight.org/american-overs…
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Dec 15, 2023
For more than a year, we’ve been investigating how the election denial movement led several states to leave ERIC, a nonpartisan organization that helps maintain up-to-date voting lists.

Here’s what our investigation uncovered. #FoiaFriday
americanoversight.org/american-overs…
The same people who tried to overturn the 2020 election worked behind the scenes to influence the ERIC exodus by promoting false claims and conspiracy theories — priming states for post-election chaos that could be used to deny election results in 2024.
americanoversight.org/the-right-wing…
The records we obtained also show that states have scrambled to find viable replacements — none of which provide ERIC’s security, reliability, or effectiveness.
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