“The Jolt: Top Trump lawyer never saw proof of Dominion fraud claims”

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One of the chief architects of pro-Donald Trump election conspiracy theories conceded in a recording that she never saw evidence of voting machine fraud in Georgia — and that’s why she didn’t target election equipment maker Dominion in a failed lawsuit challenging the state’s results.

That’s what Cleta Mitchell told donors and officials at the Republican National Committee’s spring retreat this month in an audio recording obtained by Lauren Windsor, a left-leaning operative.

Mitchell was one of the former president’s most ardent election fraud crusaders during the 2020 campaign. She joined him on his January 2021 call to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger urging him to “find” enough votes to overturn his defeat in Georgia.

“We had all these people telling us, ‘It’s the voting machines, it’s the voting machines.’ Well, it’s one thing to say that, and it’s another to have to put it into a lawsuit where you have to put on evidence and you have to have an expert,” Mitchell said.

She told the donors that she didn’t have the time or money to find analysts who could investigate the claims.

“Bring me the proof. I’m a lawyer. I have to look at something if it can be proven in a court of law. And I haven’t had that.”

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