Judge orders release of Dominion forensic analysis as media cast doubt on 'debunked' fraud claims
Media puts focus on ‘inaccurate’ election fraud claims by cyber ‘expert’
UPDATE 5 pm PST December 14, 2020:
Read the analysis, by Allied Security Operations Group’s Russell J. Ramsland, Jr., here:
Antrim Michigan Forensics Report REVISED PRELIMINARY SUMMARY, v2
UPDATE 9 am PST December 14, 2020:
Judge Kevin A Elsenheimer granted a request to release the results of a forensic audit of Dominion voting machines in Antrim County, Mich., as representatives of the Secretary of State were already questioning the validity of the audit’s conclusions.
According to the Traverse City Record-Eagle, in an early morning remote hearing, an attorney for the state of Michigan did not object to disclosure as long as the state could present a rebuttal. And the judge agreed that any proprietary source code should be redacted.
“All we ever wanted was the opportunity to review the report and present our own counter argument at the same time that Mr. DePerno presented his preliminary report,” Erik Grill reportedly told the court on behalf of the attorney general’s office. “So the public could hear both sides and make an informed determination of which side to believe.”
The hearing came just hours before electors for the state of Michigan were to come together to formally vote for Joe Biden as President.
According to the Record-Eagle, the forensic team that examined the Antrim machines on Dec. 6, includes a cyber security analyst Russell J Ramsland, Jr., “who previously made inaccurate claims about election results and mistook voting jurisdictions in Minnesota for Michigan in court filings.”
The story continues: “Ramsland’s faulty analysis went viral after it was shared during a state House Oversight Committee hearing in Lansing on Dec. 2. Rudy Giuliani, Trump’s personal attorney, attended the session along with a number of witnesses who shared now widely debunked allegations of election fraud.”
The “inaccurate claims” involve voter turnout claims by Ramsland of more than 100 percent. See the Politifact write-up on Ramsland’s claims. See Ramsland’s affidavit from Nov. 17, 2020, which journalists say is wildly inaccurate.
Since Ramsland was not quoted in the story, see his presentation in a video linked from his web site.
Ramsland is CEO of Dallas-based Allied Security Operations.
ORIGINAL STORY AND BACKGROUND:
13th Circuit Court Judge Kevin A Elsenheimer has agreed to hear an emergency motion Monday morning by attorney Matthew dePerno to release the preliminary results of a forensic exam of the Dominion voting machines in Antrim County, Mich., ahead of the national electoral college vote later in the day.
The 13th Circuit is a state court that covers three counties.
The motion had requested disclosure of the team’s preliminary findings in the interest of national security. The Antrim County clerk, Republican Sheryl Guy, is the plaintiff, having refused to allow the release citing the contract with Dominion Voting Systems and the idea that showing the workings of the machines could enable bad actors to reverse engineer them. Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson has also joined the lawsuit as a plaintiff.
The Detroit Free Press article cited above goes into great detail regarding the human error that resulted in the switching of votes from Donald Trump to Joe Biden that was discovered shortly after the election. The Secretary of State’s office notified the public that the error had been, not a computer error but a computer error by the county’s clerk Sheryl Guy, who took responsibility. Nevertheless, Trump campaign attorney Jenna Ellis has been telling national media about the forensic exam that was done last week, and the results dePerno is trying to get released in a last-minute effort at transparency before the electoral college votes.
From Wikipedia:
Kevin Elsenheimer is an American judge, lawyer and politician from Republican Party and a former minority leader of the Michigan House of Representatives. He is the former Director of the Michigan Workers' Compensation Agency and Deputy Director and Senior Deputy Director of Michigan's Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs.
From the 13th Circuit web site:
Judge Elsenheimer was appointed to the bench by Gov. Rick Snyder in January 2017 to replace retired Judge Philip E. Rodgers, Jr.
Judge Elsenheimer is a native of Traverse City, and now owns the same East Bay Township farm where four generations of his family have lived. He attended Traverse City Senior High School (now Central) and received undergraduate degrees from Northwestern Michigan College and Michigan State University. He attended law school at Wayne State University. He served as an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney in Antrim County before forming the firm of Young, Graham, Elsenheimer & Wendling, P.C., based in Bellaire. After five years as a trustee on the Bellaire School Board, the Judge served in the Michigan House of Representatives for six years, where he was elected Assistant Speaker Pro Tem, Assistant Minority leader, and Minority Leader. He chaired a Standing Committee on Tort Reform and served on the Judiciary Committee. He served in Gov. Rick Snyder’s cabinet as Executive Director of the Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA). His prior service to the administration includes time as a Chief Deputy Director of the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA), and as Executive Director of the Michigan Workers’ Compensation Agency.
About the 13th Circuit (State) Court based in Traverse City:
The 13th Circuit Court is a state trial court where issues involving rights and responsibilities of individuals and Michigan laws are tried. Our Judges hear civil lawsuits involving the awarding of money (matters over $25,000) and enforcement of rights between individuals. The Judges also try criminal cases where the state charges as felonies when laws have been broken and punishment should be imposed. The Circuit Court also handles family matters including divorces, Personal Protection Orders, and hears cases appealed from the District Court.
Further reading:
Michigan attorney moves to release findings from Dominion voting machines forensic audit in Antrim County (Detroit Free Press)
