Special counsel subpoenas Trump campaign-hired firm that concluded election fraud claims were false

Washington — A Rhode Island software company commissioned by Donald Trump's 2020 presidential campaign to investigate claims of election fraud was subpoenaed by special counsel Jack Smith earlier this year, according to the firm's founder. 

Ken Block — a software engineer and politician who once ran for governor of the state  — confirmed that his company, Simpatico Software Systems, was hired by the Trump campaign and found over a dozen claims of election fraud presented to him by the campaign were false. 

The existence of the subpoena and Block's firm's election findings were first reported by The Washington Post.