The Ninja Texts Unlocked

Larry Moore

June 8, 2023

This week, two articles published by the Arizona Republic and USA Today have unveiled the extent to which, in our view, leaders of the Arizona Legislature and the Cyber Ninjas have – in their own words – obstructed the distribution of public information, obfuscated its content, and perpetrated fraud. These two articles have generated tremendous public interest.  

The Arizona Republic has granted us, The Audit Guys,  permission to post these articles on our website. While both articles are free to use, we strongly urge you to support The Republic’s journalism by subscribing to the Arizona Republic. Here’s why.

  • For nearly two years, the Arizona Republic has relentlessly pursued members of the Arizona legislature, Cyber Ninjas, Inc. (CNI) and its president, Doug Logan to turn over documents related to the so-called Maricopa “audit.” They have spent well over $1 million in legal fees to force CNI to turn over information that the Arizona Supreme Court has twice declared is public.
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But the battle is not over. Doug Logan continues obstructing court orders despite a $50,000 / day fine. A court hearing is set for early July to rule on complaints by The Republic that, hopefully, will compel Doug Logan to turn over all the court-ordered material. We estimate there are 7 – 10,000  missing or redacted text messages. The majority of these texts are conversations between Logan and members of the Stop the Steal movement.

The presiding judge, John Hannah, has said this case is the “most important case in my 16 years on the bench.”

Here are the articles published on June 6 and 7, 2023 and written by Robert Anglen:

‘Our numbers are screwy’: Cyber Ninjas CEO admits he couldn’t tally hand count of Arizona ballots 

Arizona ‘audit’ leader traded messages with dozens of ‘Stop the Steal’ partisans, texts show

Finally, here’s an article, not behind a paywall, that describes the extent of Logan’s obstruction.

Published on May 24, 2023 by Ryan Randazzo, Arizona Republic

Thousands of texts from Trump allies stay hidden in Arizona a year after judge’s order on ‘audit’

Author: Larry Moore

I founded the Clear Ballot Group in 2009 as an audit firm. My goal was to bring a new class of tools to help election officials build trust in the integrity of their elections. In early 2018, Clear Ballot became the first company in over a decade to bring a new voting system successfully through federal certification. I retired from Clear Ballot in December 2018. Now, I've joined Benny White and Tim Halvorsen to bring our expertise to debunk the disinformation surrounding the Maricopa 2020 election.