Reasonable Inference
CTCL-affiliated operatives and private partner organizations were embedded in Maricopa County election operations without legislative authorization, mirroring the model deployed in Wisconsin and Georgia. Their presence created a parallel, unaccountable decision-making structure operating alongside – and in some instances superseding – the statutory county election authority. The Cyber Ninjas audit subsequently identified chain-of-custody failures and tabulator anomalies consistent with an election environment in which non-governmental actors had operational access.
Citations
Maricopa County Board of Supervisors and Dominion Voting Systems declined to comply with the Arizona State Senate’s subpoena for equipment access during the 2021 forensic audit, directing auditors to the Attorney General instead of cooperating directly. Maricopa County Technical Response to Chain of Custody Questions, May 17, 2021, available at: https://www.dgregscott.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/AZ-FinalTechnicalResponseLetterwithExhibits-5172021.pdf.
Arizona Attorney General’s 2020 General Election Investigation Summary (2025) (summarizing investigative findings regarding election administration irregularities in Maricopa County during the 2020 election cycle), available at: https://www.azag.gov/sites/default/files/2025-06/2020_General_Election_Investigation_Summary.pdf.
Cyber Ninjas, Maricopa County Forensic Audit — Volume I, Executive Summary, Sept. 19–24, 2021 (identifying chain-of-custody failures and tabulator anomalies; describing non-governmental operational access issues), available at: https://media.kjzz.org/s3fs-public/20210919_-_Maricopa_County_Forensic_Audit_-_Volume_I_-_Executive_Summary.pdf.
Arizona Attorney General’s 2020 General Election Investigation Summary (2025), available at: https://www.azag.gov/sites/default/files/2025-06/2020_General_Election_Investigation_Summary.pdf.
Cyber Ninjas, Maricopa County Forensic Audit — Volume I, Executive Summary (Sept. 19–24, 2021) (chain-of-custody failures and tabulator anomalies identified during forensic audit; inconsistencies consistent with non-governmental operational access), available at: https://media.kjzz.org/s3fs-public/20210919_-_Maricopa_County_Forensic_Audit_-_Volume_I_-_Executive_Summary.pdf.