All across Arizona, the top Republican candidates have indicated that they think the election movie 2000 Mules, which turns on an election conspiracy, is accurate. However, the State Attorney General (AG) has just asked the IRS and the FBI to open investigations into those behind the “documentary,” according to The Arizona Central.com.
The so-called documentary makers have refused to provide any evidence behind the film, but it certainly has brought in “considerable sums of money” by claiming the movie was fact-based.
The Chief Special Agent of the AG’s Special Investigations Section, Reginald (Reggie) Grigsby wrote that there might be enough to build a case against True the Vote, a nonprofit 501 (c)(3) organization:
‘Given TTV’s status as a nonprofit organization, it would appear that further review of its financials may be warranted.’
When the film was released last May, the media and criminal experts blew a hole through it. The alleged documentary depicted hundreds of “mules” stuffing drop boxes with fake ballots supporting President Joe Biden, who won the 2020 elections despite the movie. Those behind True the Vote claimed they were trying to “make elections more secure.”
But according to the letter the AG received, the founder of True the Vote, Catherine Engelbrecht and contractor Gregg Phillips only released information that was meant to undermine the AG and other law enforcement.
The two also released propaganda related to the movie. One example was the fake allegations from True the Vote that it was party to solving an Atlanta murder and the “ballot-harvesting case in San Luis, Arizona.” And Republicans have used the documentary to prove that fraud was behind Donald Trump losing his 2020 election.
The Arizona Democrat former local TV host turned ultra-conservative Republican candidate for governor Kari Lake sided with True the Vote’s “right-wing activist Dinesh D’Souza,” calling her a “patriot.” Lake continued:
‘There’s no way they can discount what is in this movie. It is in black and white.’
During the only televised debate in the race for secretary of state, Republican candidate Mark Finchem pointed to “2000 Mules” as one example of election fraud, noting that it provided “visual evidence” of ballots being stuffed into drop boxes.
The Republican candidate for state attorney general, Abe Hamadeh, also said the movie was right on track. He told one of Trump’s attorneys, Christina Bobb, last summer:
‘Isn’t it sad that it required a documentary filmmaker to expose the crimes and fraud of 2020?’
The State Senate Committee Room was the site where Gregg Phillips and Engelbrecht hosted a panel of state GOP senators and additional Republicans, including “Abe Hamadeh, Congresswoman Debbie Lesko, and Pinal County Sheriff Mark.” And there are plans for another showing 2000 Mules in November.
Phillips lied when he said “millions of noncitizens” voted in 2016. Furthermore, the organization said it would release a disk of its findings. Of course, such evidence never materialized.
The POLITICO reported:
‘Not only is this patently false, TTV acknowledged via correspondence and during a meeting with them that they had not given us the information but that they would.’
However, the AG discovered some records indicating that its office had tried to “locate the missing data but failed.” And any indications that the 501 (c)(3) turned over the documents to the FBI were false. Indeed, True the Vote’s 501 (c)(3) status may have violated tax laws.
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