FACT CHECK: "Did AZ Auditors Really 'Backtrack' on Claim Files Were Deleted, as AP Reported?"
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The AP’s headline reads, “Arizona auditors backtrack, say no election data destroyed.”
“The claim of deleted databases was amplified by former President Donald Trump and his supporters, who believe conspiracy theories about election irregularities,” the report said.
Let’s review the facts.
At a special meeting held Tuesday by Arizona state Senate President Karen Fann and Senate Judiciary Chairman Warren Petersen to get an update on the audit of Maricopa County votes in the November general election, Ben Cotton, founder of CyFIR LLC, testified that the files were in fact deleted, but he was able to recover them.
Trending: Lawmakers Demand Answers as Biden Admin Sends Planeloads of Illegal Immigrants Deep Into the US in 'the Dead of Night' He did not “backtrack” on his assertion that the files were missing.
“In the course of your analysis of the EMS [election management system] server, did you determine that the database directory had been deleted?” Petersen asked.
“I did,” Cotton answered and then offered further background information.