A Hacker Stole 633,000 Arizona Voter Files in 2020, Confessed to the FBI — and Biden Refused to Prosecute Him
This is the document that Democrats in Arizona and elsewhere don’t want anyone reading. They spent six years telling the public that 2020 was “the most secure election in history.” The declassified FBI files released Thursday morning tell a different story.
A hacker accessed Maricopa County’s voter registration system days before the 2020 election and extracted 633,000 voter records — including 930 files containing sensitive, non-public information. When FBI investigators closed in, the hacker wiped his hard drives and deleted his Google Cloud copies to destroy the evidence. Then he confessed.
The FBI presented the complete case — evidence plus confession — to four different prosecutorial authorities: the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona, the Arizona Attorney General’s Office, the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office, and the Pinal County Attorney’s Office.
Every single one declined to prosecute. And of course, the Biden administration did nothing as well.
No charges. No accountability. No public disclosure. Nothing. The FBI closed its case, wrote a letter documenting what had happened, and the cover-up of non-secure elections continued uninterrupted while Democrat Katie Hobbs — then Arizona Secretary of State, now governor — told voters the state had conducted “easily the smoothest and most secure election in recent history.”
Chris Krebs, then director of CISA, told the entire country that 2020 was the most secure election in American history. He knew about this breach. He said nothing except to call President Trump a liar.
Jeff Clark’s question cuts to the heart of what nobody in Arizona’s legal establishment wants to answer: “Was the hacker told he was golden and could skate? Is that why he maintained he acted alone? That tends to happen when a target knows they’re not going to be prosecuted.”
Four prosecutors. Four declinations. A hacker who confessed. Evidence that was then deliberately destroyed. And a Republican-controlled county Board of Supervisors that went before Congress and called their election “the most secure, verified election in our history.”
Democrats will reach for their standard defense: voter registration data is different from vote-counting systems, and auditable paper ballots would catch any attempt to alter actual vote totals. That distinction is legitimate as far as it goes. It does not explain why a hacker who stole 633,000 voter files and confessed to a federal crime faced zero legal consequence from any of four separate prosecutorial offices.
It does not explain why the public was never told. It does not explain the destroyed evidence, the non-prosecution, or the continued assurances of maximum security from officials who were sitting on this case.
The dam of the cover-up, as Jeff Clark put it, has “shattered on the valley floor.” China compromised 220 million voter files nationally. Iran and Venezuela were running their own operations. And in Maricopa County, a hacker confessed to the FBI and walked free because nobody wanted to prosecute him.
Chris Krebs called it the most secure election in history. The documents say otherwise.
Pass the SAVE America Act. Now. Before we live through this again.
BREAKING: Dolly Parton’s Cause Of Death Revealed: ‘Brief Battle’
Dolly Parton’s death came after a brief battle with cancer, her representatives revealed Tuesday.
The country music legend died Aug. 25 at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center in Nashville. She was 80.
Parton had been admitted to the cancer center Friday, four days before her death. Her representatives confirmed the cancer diagnosis in a statement to PEOPLE but did not disclose what type she had.
“Our beloved Dolly Parton spent her life and career bringing joy, laughter, hope and integrity into everything she touched. Her unmatched generosity reached the lives of countless people whom she would never meet, yet she was always there to offer a helping hand,” the statement read.
“Whether it be the hundreds of millions of books donated through her invaluable Imagination Library or funding research that helped create a lifesaving vaccine used around the world, Dolly’s unconditional love for all people was the guiding force for her lasting impact. After bravely facing a brief battle with cancer, Dolly departed her Earthly life today at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center surrounded by loved ones,” the statement concluded.
The “Jolene” singer had also been dealing with kidney and autoimmune issues before her death, PEOPLE previously reported.
Just days earlier, Dolly Parton opened up about her declining health and acknowledged that she had put off addressing some medical issues while caring for her husband, Carl.
“As I’ve shared in video messages throughout the past year, I am dealing with some health issues that I just didn’t pay attention to when I was watching over [my husband] Carl. You know, this isn’t the first time I’ve had to manage something like this. Back in the early ’80s, I was down for several months with female issues, and I was struggling with my weight at the time too, so it’s not like I haven’t been through hard times with my health,” Parton told PEOPLE.
Her nephew, Bryan Seaver, announced her death in an Instagram video Tuesday on behalf of the Parton and Owens family.
“My name is Bryan Seaver, son of Cassie Parton, and I’m representing the Parton and Owens family today announcing the passing of my aunt, Dolly Rebecca Parton Dean, Sister, Sis and Granny to one generation and Gigi to the next,” he says in the video.
Seaver, who served as Parton’s head of security for more than two decades, said she had asked him years earlier to deliver the announcement.
“This video announcement is something Dolly asked of me years ago, before I fully absorbed it as a future reality,” he continued. “As her head of security for more than two decades, a role my father Larry held before me, I have imagined the heaviness of this moment but haven’t truly felt it until now.”
Seaver said the moment brought immense pride and heartbreak, but he took comfort in his faith that Parton had been reunited with Carl and other loved ones.
Seaver added: “It is an honor, an honor that is mixed with absolute pride and great sadness. But sadness lies with us, not with Dolly. Dolly has lived in the light and is in the arms of Jesus, surely met by Carl, her parents and countless othe
Shocking 'truth' behind Prince Harry's decision to quit major role
Prince Harry should have "resigned in disgrace" from the board of a controversial African wildlife charity, a commentator says. James Walker makes the bombshell remark in Wednesday's episode of this publication's podcast, Daily Expresso.
He and the show's host, JJ Anisiobi, delve into the Duke of Sussex's dramatic decision to step down from African Parks. James, commenting on the controversy, said: "When you hear about this stuff and how long it's been going on for, you should be resigning in disgrace. [Harry] should be saying: 'I'm not touching that with a barge pole. That is a failed entity. We're going nowhere near it'.
"But no. He's still saying he's going to 'support their mission'. And again this Caroline Pearce, executive director of Survival International, goes on to say: 'His departure doesn't undo that record'.
"She alleged that African Parks was aware of the abuses for years, but it was only after Survival complained to Harry that the charity finally commissioned an investigation."
James added: "Well, she's got a point."
It emerged on Monday (August 24) that Harry was no longer a board member of the wildlife charity.
The conservation organisation has admitted that human rights abuses were committed by its rangers against members of the semi-nomadic Baka group in Congo-Brazzaville.
African Parks has said since that it has improved its safeguarding processes both in the Odzala-Kokoua National Park and institutionally.
Its admission followed an independent human rights investigation into allegations guards managed and paid by the charity had beaten, raped and tortured indigenous people in Odzala-Kokoua National Park.
Harry was president of the charity for six years before he became a member of its board of directors in 2023.
A spokesman for the Duke said he remains an active and avid supporter of African Parks. He added: "The Duke is proud of his 10 years with African Parks and fully supports the ongoing strengthening of its board.
"His commitment to conservation in Africa continues and he remains a supporter of African Parks’ mission."
Human rights organisation, Survival International, said it had been calling on Harry to step down from African Parks for years.
The group's director, Caroline Pearce, said in a statement: "It’s outrageous that for 10 years Prince Harry has served African Parks while the organisation has been responsible for abuse and violence against Indigenous people.
"His departure doesn't undo that record — African Parks itself must now be held accountable, and must abandon this model of fortress conservation for good."
Survival International said indigenous peoples know how best to manage their land and the idea outsiders know better is racist and colonial.
