I’m a litigator @CraigDMauger. I’ll protect these people from death threats propagated by #fascist Dana Nessel. The fact that she hustled you to print a disingenuous story to put people at risk shows she’s not fit for office. #resign And you played your role w/o blinking an eye. https://t.co/ty7NLG7Jfa
— Matthew S. DePerno, Esq. (@mdeperno) December 29, 2020
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is pushing to make public the identities of cybersecurity professionals who conducted an examination of Dominion Systems voting machines in Michigan.
That examination, conducted by a seven-person team from the Allied Security Operations Group (ASOG), a government cybersecurity task force, found Dominion machines are intentionally designed to influence elections.
Dominion voting machines are “intentionally and purposefully designed with inherent errors to create systemic fraud and influence election results,” the 23-page report published after the examination states.
The forensic audit – the only one of its kind conducted in the nation so far – was the result of a case brought by Michigan resident William Bailey.
In response to the findings, and in an apparent attempt to intimidate the cybersecurity team – and others who may be authorized to conduct future examinations – the Michigan Attorney General’s Office, which is representing Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson in the case, had sought correspondence and notes from the investigators, as well as their resumes.
Bailey’s attorney Matt DePerno filed a motion to keep their identities confidential.
But Attorney General Dana Nessel’s staff says the cybersecurity experts “knowingly accepted a role” in the case. There is “simply no such thing as an anonymous expert,” they wrote in opposing the protective order request.
And now it seems Nessel’s allies in the mainstream media are trying to paint DePerno’s motion as an effort to “conceal” the identities of the cybersecurity experts as well as poke holes in the group’s findings.
Actually, it is clear @CraigDMauger. We are not trying to hide anything, just protect people from death threats, like the threats I have received after your irresponsible reporting. Do better. https://t.co/cMsxaeEQqv
— Matthew S. DePerno, Esq. (@mdeperno) December 29, 2020
“It’s unclear how Allied Security Operations Group reached this conclusion, which is countered by the audit of the county’s vote,” an article by The Detroit News states.
ASOG’s report clearly states, however, that it was found Dominion intentionally generates ballot errors so votes can be counted with little to no oversight. It achieves this by using a ballot-error rate that is orders of magnitude higher than what is allowed under federal guidelines.
DePerno says he is trying to protect members of the team from threats which he himself has had to face.
“Plaintiff and the forensic team fear that disclosing the names and personal information (such as resume, curriculum vitae, address and employer) will be detrimental to the forensic investigators,” DePerno wrote in his motion. “They fear for their safety and the safety of their families in this hyper-political climate. This is especially true considering the threats already made against Plaintiff’s attorney by the general public.”
It is unclear what steps Nessel’s office has taken to investigate Dominion or corroborate the findings detailed in ASOG’s report. It has however threatened attorneys, including DePerno, who represent clients in election fraud cases with sanctions.
A hearing on the protective order motion is set for Jan. 11.