
Controversial Arizona ballot review pulls in nearly $5.7 million in private donations, organizers say
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A private company conducting a widely denounced review of ballots in Arizona's largest county says it has received more than $5.7 million in private funds to support its examination of the 2020 presidential results. The biggest donor has backed falsehoods about the 2020 election.
The majority of the money has come from organizations tied to people aligned with former President Donald Trump and his false claims of a stolen election. Cyber Ninjas, a Florida-based firm hired by the Republicans who control the Arizona Senate to run the so-called "audit," released the donor list Wednesday night -- after months of secrecy. The top contributor: The America Project at $3.25 million. The group is led by Patrick Byrne, the former CEO of Overstock.com, who has authored a book and produced a movie claiming election fraud robbed Trump of the presidency.
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