Tue May 18 18:54:37 +0000 2021
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Now that the Antrim case is over-ish, I'd like to share some info I came across while researching the auditors involved:
@we_have_risen, who was tweeting pictures from the audit before it was widely known, is former pro-surfer and co-founder of clothing brand RVCA Conan Hayes.
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Conan/@we_have_risen, who again, was on-site in Antrim, had a history of posting disinfo, and like Doug Logan, tried to get in touch with Ron Watkins after the election.
It's honestly insane that so many people involved with these "audits" tried to reach Ron.
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How do I know that @we_have_risen was in Antrim, and how do I know that they're Conan Hayes?
Basically, they liked to brag about it. This thread includes the pictures they posted from the audit
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So I knew @we_have_risen was there, but I still didn't have a name. I checked out the names listed in the first list of Antrim expert witnesses, but none fit the profile. Based off their tweets, they seemed relatively young and familiar with meme culture
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also has exceptionally good operational security. They were very careful about posting images that could reveal their identity. But with 25k tweets over 4ish years, you're bound to have a slip up now and again.
I found this
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I ended up revisting the Record-Eagle article, and spotted a mention of the name C. James Hayes...in the article, but not included in the expert witness filing itself.
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Ok, so I had a certificate that said CJ Hayes, shared by @we_have_risen - who posted pictures from the Antrim audit - and confirmation that someone named "C. James Hayes"
At that point, @we_have_risen = CJ Hayes = C James Hayes.
But WTF does the 'C' stand for?
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Trail went cold. Then a new expert witness filing was submitted. This one included a mention of Conan Hayes. Obviously the paragraph listing their qualifications was copy/pasted from above, but the name was enough.
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So now it was a matter of figuring out which Conan Hayes...because there are a few. A name that kept coming up was Conan Hayes, the former pro-surfer, and co-founder of RVCA. Conan sold his take for around $7 million. The brand itself was later acquired for around $10 million.
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But that didn't add up. There was no way they were the same people.
But, I knew from tweets that @we_have_risen had talked about growing up in Hawaii, and being an avid surfer.
Conan Hayes, the pro-surfer also grew up in HI.
Getting warmer, but nothing concrete.
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Note: I'd share more links to @we_have_risen's tweets, but they turned their account private after being contacted by a reporter who I shared this information with.
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Poking through their tweets more, I was able to find someone who addressed them as Conan in a reply.
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Poking even more, I found a mention of a very specific detail about their background.
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After a bit of Googling for more info on Conan Hayes, the surfer, I found a profile published in 1997 by Outside Magazine that said:
"When Conan was 14, his father got busted for growing pot. His sentence: ten years in federal prison."
https://www.outsideonline.com/1839516/life-among-swells
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So we know that:
was in Antrim They also might be "CJ Hayes" "C. James Hayes" was in Antrim Conan Hayes was an expert witness
grew up in HI; their dad did 10 years for growing pot. Conan Hayes grew up in HI; their dad did 10 years for growing pot.
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Didn't think this would be archived, but I was wrong. Here's @we_have_risen talking both about growing up in Hawaii and surfing
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After ending their surfing career, Conan went on to co-found a company named C-Preme, the parent company of Bicycling helmet brand Raskullz and Krash. That company was also later acquired.
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In 2015, Conan had a felony warrant issued for...fraud, ironically.
Fortunately for him, the DA dropped the charges in 2020, however, he's still facing a lawsuit for breach of contract and fraud.
https://beachgrit.com/2015/04/just-in-felony-arrest-warrant-for-conan-hayes/
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Based off reports of his profit from the sale of his two companies, Conan joins Patrick Byrne and Mike Lindell as another wealthy entrepreneur trying to stop the steal.
The big difference, though, is that Conan's actively participated in an audit.
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Even though his Twitter is private, if you'd like to get an idea of the content @we_have_risen /Conan Hayes was known for, there's still quite a bit on http://archive.org: https://web.archive.org/web/20200701000000*/https://twitter.com/We_Have_Risen
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But, since http://archive.org's been removing archives associated with stop-the-steal auditors, you can find a more limited mirror here: https://archive.vn/https://twitter.com/we_have_risen*
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So what's this all mean? Well, Conan, who on 11/7 told Dominion "You will be exposed and we will hunt every last one..." worked along side Doug Logan and Benjamin Cotton in Antrim.
Both Logan (Cyber Ninjas) and Cotton (CyFir) are participating in the Maricopa audit.
