CNN reports that the subpoena provided to torn foam magnate and conspiracy theorist Mike Lindell when the FBI seized his cell phone while he was at a drive-thru at a Hardee’s in Minnesota named seven people federal authorities were seeking information from relating to illegal access to election machines and data. And one of the people on that list had their cell phone seized Thursday.
The Washington Post reports that one of the people on the list, Doug Frank, had his phone taken by federal investigators on Thursday. A one-time math and science teacher in Ohio, Frank claims to have reconstructed algorithms used by Dominion Voting Systems to flip votes from Donald Trump to Joe Biden, thereby giving Biden the victory. Computer scientists have scoffed at Frank’s claims, and no reputable researcher has been able to verify anything he claims.
The investigation seems to center on the efforts by people including Colorado election clerk Tina Peters, assisted by Belinda Knisley and Sandra Brown, members of her Mesa County election bureau staff who helped her provide confidential data to people trying to overturn the certified results of the 2020 presidential election in Colorado.
Among those listed was Sherronna Bishop, the former 2020 campaign manager for Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado who now runs a Facebook page for of pro-Trump rhetoric and conspiracy theories called “America’s Mom.”
Another name listed: Conan Hayes, a surfer turned election fraud expert to whom Lindell once said he “paid a lot of money” to for Hayes to analyze data from Antrim County, Michigan. The report Hayes released with Cyber Ninja CEO Doug Logan was generally laughed at for its lack of rigor and wild conspiracy theories that did not match the data they had examined.
Frank reportedly met with Peters in April 2021 and explained his theory on how Donald Trump was the actual winner of the election despite the fact that innumerable hand recounts of ballots showed the outcome decided properly.