Thu Mar 24 00:35:06 +0000 2022

 · 5 min read
 · trapezoid of discovery

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Earlier today, Patrick Byrne hopped on a live stream to discuss the latest "forensic report" released by Tina Peters' camp. I'll cover the report in a few days, but for now, I'd like to focus on the new details he mentioned about how the Mesa Co. forensic images were made..

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I forgot to add in a black frame that would have made it more apparent, but the above clip consists of two clips from a longer video (about 30 min long).

The 2nd clip starts around 3:44

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If you're not familiar with the Mesa saga, I suggest running through this thread where I recap the Tina Peters indictment

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While we still don't know definitively who was posing as Gerald Wood during the Mesa Co. Trusted build, evidence in the forensic images and leaked private chat logs from Lindell's Cyber Symposium 'red team' suggest it was Conan Hayes

https://www.thedailybeast.com/rcva-founder-conan-hayes-is-at-the-heart-of-stop-the-steal-mania

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There's nothing that drastically changes what we already knew about the Mesa Trusted Build, but Byrne adds some color and drops a few new nuggets of information, like:

1) He was facetimed by their operative during the build 2) He suggests the operative still has video

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Byrne also corroborates the allegations in the indictment, so if I were the prosecution, I'd send him an edible arrangement or something to say thanks

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Starting from the beginning of the clip:

Byrne says that Peters had doubts about the Trusted Build process and "caused [sic] a computer scientist...a white-hacker...a very high-end security guy who works for the government all the time...she got this fellow in..."

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Byrne's effusive praise of this mystery man lines up with the theory that Conan was present during the Build. Byrne's said similar things about Conan in the past...

(In this snippet, Byrne refers to Conan as "weaponized autism")

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Byrne says that Conan was given "county credentials or something" and "he dressed up like a nerd, and went in and he took a forensic image"

So, just within the first 1.5 mins, he's confirmed that Peters surreptitiously provided Conan access to the Build and voting equipment

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What absolutely kills me about this clip is how stoked Byrne is while he's blurting out details related to an active criminal investigation.

Anyways, at 1:50 in, Byrne talks about how the "court-certified" (??? lol) cyber guy FaceTimed him and took videos

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In this clip, it almost sounds like Byrne understands the illegality of it all.

But in reality, he's trying to say that the Trusted Build process is illegal (Spoiler: it's not)

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We know what happened with at least some of the video that was taken that day: it made it's way to Ron Watkins, who published it to his Telegram channel.

Ron's sloppy redactions helped kick off the investigation into Peters - there are multiple details that lead back to Mesa

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As an aside, I pitched up the video posted by Watkins (which had been pitched down in an attempt to obscure the voices) and it definitely sounds like Tina Peters was asking the Dominion employee questions

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Once again, Byrne just straight up admits to the facts in the affidavit.

And I'm not a lawyer, but I wonder if he's implicating himself at all when he says "he was actually one of ours"

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Byrne almost seems to understand that he should maybe stop talking in this clip, but goes ahead anyways, and re-iterates - specifically to Colorado SoS Jena Griswold - that "just so you know, your people were being filmed"

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Wrapping this up: I'm completely blown away by Byrne at this point. He could have just talked about the newest Mesa "forensic report". Instead he spent 5 minutes not only discussing details related to an active investigation, but possibly also disclosing his involvement

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Either he's a true believer, and he honestly thinks that they have evidence of a crime being committed (again, they don't), OR - he's done the math and realized that backtracking at this point means he loses credibility among his far-right followers and is committing to the bit

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Regardless, on behalf of the state and federal prosecutors working on this case, thanks Patrick!

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BTW, if you, like me, were wondering what government work Conan may have done, here’s a resume that was sent to Karen Fann by Russ Ramsland when ASOG was in the running for the Maricopa audit. It likely belongs to Conan and includes a mention of govt work