Activists search to dam Cyber Ninjas from federal contract work

Arizona advocacy teams are searching for to ban Cyber Ninjas, the group employed to run the notorious Maricopa County 2020 election audit, from procuring federal authorities contracts.

Arguing that the Florida-based agency failed to stick to election auditing requirements or adequately adjust to public document requests, the Brennan Heart despatched a letter to the Interagency Suspension and Debarment Committee on behalf of a number of advocacy teams requesting the "debarment" of Cyber Ninjas.

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"If Cyber Ninjas is permitted to proceed partaking in publicly-funded operations, the corporate will proceed to undermine confidence in our federal elections," the teams argued within the letter.

Cyber Ninjas had been employed by the GOP-led Arizona Senate to conduct a evaluation of the 2020 election in Maricopa County. Following a string of controversies over its audit, the Cyber Ninjas's report reaffirmed President Joe Biden's victory, discovering 261 fewer votes for former President Donald Trump and 99 extra votes for Biden. Nonetheless, the Arizona Senate referred the findings to the state's lawyer basic, outlining "pressing points" the auditors discovered that Senate President Karen Fann mentioned "counsel less-than-perfect adherence to Arizona's requirements and finest practices."

In January, the Maricopa Superior Courtroom held the Florida firm in contempt and slapped it with a $50,000 per day nice till it complied, prompting the corporate to announce it was shuttering its operations in response. Nonetheless, former CEO Doug Logan subsequently introduced his intent to begin a brand new agency and rent most of the group's previous staff.

The letter from the Brennan Heart additionally known as for Logan to face "debarment" from federal funding. Logan had publicly solid aspersions on the legitimacy of the election, showing within the documentary The Deep Rig that peddled claims the election was stolen. "Doug Logan's involvement within the Arizona Senate's audit despite his incapacity to steer an neutral audit exemplifies his personal lack of the integrity and enterprise ethics essential to be deemed presently accountable," the letter added.

Two liberal teams, Mi Familia Vota and Residing United for Change in Arizona, in addition to two nonpartisan teams, Arizona Democracy Useful resource Heart and All Voting is Native Arizona, requested the "debarment." The ISDC oversees federal companies to make sure prohibited teams don't obtain federal contracts.

"The harm Cyber Ninjas has already wreaked underneath its Arizona State Senate contract, together with the potential for future hurt ought to Cyber Ninjas proceed to function as a federal authorities contractor, necessitate debarring Cyber Ninjas," the letter continued.

Cyber Ninjas beforehand acquired contracts from the federal authorities, together with the Federal Communications Fee, between 2016 and 2018, the Washington Publish reported. The Washington Examiner reached out to a former spokesperson for Cyber Ninjas for remark.

Supporters of Trump, together with some Republicans in Arizona, have claimed that election malfeasance disadvantaged the previous president of victory within the Grand Canyon state. The courts and election officers have roundly rejected these claims.