An official audit of more than half of Arizona‘s counties found no evidence of widespread voter fraud in another blow to President Donald Trump‘s campaign’s legal and rhetorical push – as President-elect Joe Biden remains ahead.
Eight of 15 Arizona counties, including Maricopa – the state’s most populated – turned in hand count results and found ‘no discrepancies.’
On Thursday, an Arizona judge blocked ‘evidence’ from being presented by a Trump campaign lawyer, which were affidavits filled out using online forms – and were filled with lies and ‘spam,’ according to Law & Crime.
‘This is concerning,’ said Judge Daniel Kiley of Maricopa County, where Phoenix is located. ‘How is this a reliable process of gathering evidence?’
Trump campaign lawyer Kory Langhofer argued that the online forms used CAPTCHA technology – where users have to identify letters, number, or sometimes photos, to prove they’ve not botted.
Langhofer said that Trump campaign lawyers then visited witness’s homes – and excluded submissions that included lies.
If the Trump team couldn’t prove an individual was lying they included it in the pile of ‘evidence.’
Kiley, according to Law & Crime, was not convinced.
‘That just shows you cannot disprove what’s asserted,’ he said.
Arizona’s Republican state Attorney General Mark Brnovich poured water on Trump’s allegations of widespread fraud saying to Neil Cavuto on Fox Business Network Wednesday that, ‘There is no evidence, there are no facts that would lead anyone to believe that the election results will change.’
‘It does appear that Joe Biden will win Arizona,’ Brnovich said.