An Arizona judge on Wednesday questioned the claim that the public does not have the right to know who is funding the audit of the Maricopa County vote tally in the 2020 presidential election.
The controversial audit, a Republican state Senate-led effort to determine the validity of former President Donald Trump's loss to Joe Biden in the previously red state, has been criticized over its methods and undisclosed sources of funding.
Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Michael Kemp questioned Kory Langhofer, an attorney for Senate President Karen Fann who has resisted calls to release donor names.
The judge noted Fann hired an outside firm, Cyber Ninjas, to conduct the audit, adding Fann has said the audit is an "Important constitutional duty."
Critics of the audit say the results from two previous election machine audits conducted for the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors showed no irregularities in the county's 2020 election.
The mostly Republican Maricopa County Board of Supervisors and Democratic Secretary of State Katie Hobbs have raised repeated concerns about the audit.
The Arizona Senate is spending $150,000 on the audit, and the rest is coming from donors.
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Sunday, July 11, 2021
Arizona judge presses for disclosure of donors funding Maricopa election audit
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