Maricopa County and Dominion Voting Systems both refused on Monday to comply with subpoenas from the Republican-controlled Arizona state Senate over an audit of the 2020 presidential election.
Their refusal comes days after the Justice Department issued a second warning to states that so-called audits of the election could violate federal laws, something Dominion cited in its refusal Monday, per the Arizona Republic.
- The audit is being conducted by the Florida-based Cyber Ninjas, whose chief has supported unfounded claims of voter fraud.
The Senate’s contractors say they need to check routers to see if the county’s voting machines were connected to the internet during the election.
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors noted in a letter in response to the latest subpoena that it had already provided the contractors with the information needed for this check — noting that some of the materials they’d been asked to provide were in the custody of the recorder’s office, per the Arizona Republic.
This isn’t an audit, it’s a joke. What a bunch of morons.