Members of President Donald Trump’s inner circle described an election night 2020 whose atmosphere turned dire after the Fox News Network called Arizona for President Joe Biden. That call started a string of events that planted the seeds for conspiracy theories of widespread election fraud, according to the testimony. Cyber Ninjas was tapped by Arizona Senate Republicans to lead a hand recount of 2.1 million ballots cast in Maricopa County's 2020 election over election fraud concerns. The Florida-based firm had no election auditing experience and its CEO, Doug Logan, touted widespread election fraud claims on social media. Schmidt testified how he received threats after Trump singled him out by name in social media posts alleging election fraud in Philadelphia.

Source: Fox News June 13, 2022 22:20 UTC