Trump allies have interviewed nearly 200 election officials to get support for conspiracy theories

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A pretty wild @VotebeatUS scoop from @JenAFifield: Mike Flynn and former Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne have recruited hundreds of volunteers to perform conspiracy-laden surveys at election offices across the country.
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Trump allies have interviewed nearly 200 election officials to get support for conspiracy theories
Volunteers in eight states for Operation Eagles Wings are using surveys to probe for weaknesses in election operations.
10:48 AM · Sep 30, 2022

https://www.votebeat.org/2022/9/30/23380353/patrick-byrne-the-america-project-interviews-operation-eagles-wings

Two of Donald Trump’s most prominent allies in his fight to overturn the 2020 election are leading a coordinated, multi-state effort to probe local election officials in battlegrounds such as Michigan, Arizona, and Texas ahead of the November election.

The America Project, an organization founded by Michael Flynn, a retired three-star general and former national security adviser, and former Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne, has so far interviewed or attempted to interview officials in nearly 200 counties across eight swing states, according to copies of notes, recordings of the interviews, and other documents Votebeat found on web pages associated with the organization. The survey questions reflect the same debunked conspiracies and misleading information about elections that Flynn and Byrne have been propagating for years.

The survey questions appear intended to detect potential weaknesses in local election systems and gather detailed information about how elections are run. Election experts say the information could easily be used to fuel misinformation campaigns, disrupt voting, or challenge results.

“It seems consistent with their efforts to really understand how to manipulate the machinery of election administration in this country,” said Ben Berwick, counsel at national nonprofit Protect Democracy, a research and advocacy group.

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[Me.]

1. When Does Flynn Get Court Martial-ed?

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2. +1

Day after the election?