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Pennsylvania has joined the growing number of states where partisan actors have launched baseless election investigations. In Sept., lawmakers initiated a “forensic investigation” into the state’s 2020 election results. We’re investigating. #FoiaFriday
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Supporters of former President Trump’s baseless claims of fraud had been laying the groundwork in Pa. for months, creating committees on “election integrity,” filing legislation to impose new voting restrictions, holding hearings about the election process, and more.

One key player who led the push to “audit” Pennsylvania’s election was state Sen. Doug Mastriano, a vocal Trump ally who attended and organized buses to the rally that preceded the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Wake TSI — a firm involved with the Arizona Senate’s sham “audit” — had in late 2020 contracted with a group led by former Trump lawyer Sidney Powell to conduct a review of ballots in Pennsylvania’s Fulton County, which had been set up by Mastriano.
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In August, we obtained records from this Dec. 31 “audit,” which suggested that Mastriano may have threatened election officials with subpoenas unless they voluntarily cooperated.
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This week, we sent a letter to the Pennsylvania Senate highlighting significant inconsistencies in sworn testimony regarding the Dec. 2020 audit of Fulton County election materials. Here’s what documents we uncovered show.
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We have filed numerous public records requests to uncover details about the election investigations, including requests to counties and government offices for documents such as external communications with key figures pushing the stolen-election lie.

Read more about our ongoing investigation here:
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