Last-Ditch Plot to Sabotage Biden's Election Goes Full QAnon

Published Apr 27 2021 at 9:00 AM GMT

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An ongoing 'audit" of the 2020 presidential election in Maricopa County, Arizona, is taking its cues straight from a man intimately tied to the QAnon conspiracy theory.
President Joe Biden won Arizona'and Maricopa County'in the 2020 election, a victory that was upheld by multiple bipartisan reviews.
But last week, a Republican-led coalition launched its own recount of Maricopa County's votes, a process helmed by a conspiracy-tweeting tech CEO and funded by an unknown slate of donors.
The counting has just begun, but already the audit has become almost inextricable from the far-right internet.
There, audit-watchers share tips and concerns about security offered by Ron Watkins, a man suspected of helping birth the QAnon craze.