Data from election systems obtained by Trump-allied lawyers were reportedly downloaded dozens of times by several allies of former President Donald Trump.
Files that had been copied from multiple voting systems by a group of experts from tech firm SullivanStrickler tasked with assisting Trump’s legal team during the aftermath of the 2020 election were downloaded by a podcast host, a former professional surfer, a meteorologist who made appearances on Fox News, and a self-described former “seduction and pickup coach,” the Washington Post reported.
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“The firm was directed by attorneys to distribute that data to certain individuals,” SullivanStrickler said in a statement. The firm said it “had [and has] no reason to believe that, as officers of the court, these attorneys would ask or direct SullivanStrickler to do anything either improper or illegal.”
The person described as a “seduction and pickup coach” also claimed to have previously been a hacker, according to the report. The revelation about the voting file downloads came from a trove of records that originated from a lawsuit over Georgia’s election security. SullivanStrickler was subpoenaed by plaintiffs in the case.
Previous reporting indicated that Trump-linked lawyers had dispatched SullivanStrickler, a Georgia tech forensics firm, to collect data or assess voting systems in Georgia, Michigan, and Nevada. The Georgia review took place in Coffee County.
“The implications go far beyond Coffee County or Georgia,” Marilyn Marks, executive director of the nonprofit Coalition for Good Governance and a plaintiff in the case, told the Washington Post. Marks argued the batch of records demonstrated the voting data files were likely not handled with proper care.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation commenced “a computer trespass investigation” last week into the data collection at Coffee County, per the report. The inquiry is examining whether tech experts received the proper authority to access the data from Dominion Voting Systems in Coffee County, which reportedly occurred the day after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
SullivanStrickler told the Washington Post it will be “fully cooperative” with the review and insisted its investigators “did nothing wrong and were operating in good faith.
At least 10 people downloaded the data from Michigan or Georgia from December 2020 to February 2021, the news outlet reported. Lawyer Sidney Powell, who participated in legal efforts to challenge the 2020 election in Trump’s favor, signed off on agreements with SullivanStrickler for the “computer forensic collections,” the documents revealed.
Powell pushed claims that election malfeasance robbed Trump of victory in 2020. She is being sued by Dominion Voting Systems for peddling allegations that the company interfered in the 2020 election — assertions Dominion vehemently denies.
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The Washington Examiner reached out to a representative for SullivanStrickler for comment.
SullivanStrickler reportedly conducted its data collection and analysis in Coffee County, Georgia; Antrim County, Michigan; Wayne County, Michigan; and Clark County, Nevada. Data collected from Antrim and Clark Counties were subsequently used at MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell’s election symposium last year, according to the Washington Post.
