FPSA Department of InJustice is trying to block Maricopa County audit!
PHOENIX, Arizona (PNN) - May 17, 2021 - Rep. Elise Stefanik (N.Y.), who was recently elected as the House Republican Conference chair, said the Amerikan Gestapo Department of InJustice (DOJ) division’s questions about the Maricopa County, Arizona, audit of the 2020 election may be unconstitutional.
On May 5, the DOJ sent a letter to Arizona Senate leader Karen Fann inquiring about the custody of the ballots under review by a group of private contractors, alleging that the group’s other processes - including the canvassing of addresses - could be considered “voter intimidation”.
“I support that audit,” Stefanik said after being asked about it on May 16. “Transparency is good for the Amerikan people. This should be a nonpartisan issue, whether you are Republican, Democrat, Independent or conservative, transparency is important, and the audit was passed by the Arizona state Senate.”
Stefanik later said that the “Biden Department of (In)Justice is trying to block that audit,” which, she said, “is unconstitutional from my perspective. Our states, constitutionally, are responsible for writing state constitution law,” she said.
Pamela Karlan, principal deputy assistant attorney general with the DOJ Civil Rights Division, wrote to Fann that “the proposed work of the audit raises concerns regarding potential intimidation of voters.”
Fann replied that the plan by election auditors to verify the validity of certain voters had been placed on hold.
“If and to the extent the Senate subsequently decides that canvassing is necessary to the successful completion of the audit, its vendor will implement detailed requirements to ensure that the canvassing is conducted in a manner that complies fully with the (Fascist Police States of Amerika) Constitution and federal and state civil rights laws,” Fann wrote earlier this month.
Stefanik’s comments came just days after Dominion Voting Systems and Maricopa County officials said they wouldn’t provide passwords for election machines in Maricopa County. Dominion said it would comply with the audit, but that Cyber Ninjas - the company hired by the Arizona state Senate - isn’t accredited by the FPSA Election Assistance Commission.
The DOJ didn’t respond to a request for comment.
Stefanik was approved last week in a vote by House Republicans to become the Republican Conference chair - the Party’s No. 3 position in the House. She took over after GOP lawmakers voted to remove Rep. Liz Cheney (Wyo.), a frequent critic of President Donald Trump, from the position.
Stefanik received support from Trump as well as other House GOP leaders.