Arizona audit: Pennsylvania senator who bused protesters to US Capitol insurrection will receive tour of controversial GOP-led ballot-counting operation – By Charles Davis (Business Insider) / June 1 2021
- Pennsylvania lawmakers who backed false claims of election fraud are visiting Arizona this week.
- The delegation will tour the site of a controversial, partisan audit of the vote in Maricopa County.
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A Pennsylvania lawmaker who spent thousands of dollars to bus protesters to the US Capitol on January 6 will be in Arizona this week to tour the site of a GOP-backed “audit” of the 2020 election.
State Sen. Doug Mastriano is part of a three-person “delegation” from Pennsylvania that will be meeting with fellow Republicans and those counting ballots in Maricopa County, which President Joe Biden won by more than 45,000 votes, a victory certified by local GOP elections officials who oppose the current audit.
As WHYY reported, Mastriano spent more than $3,300 in campaign funds to charter buses from Pennsylvania to Washington, DC, on the day of the insurrection at the US Capitol. Recently uncovered video shows Mastriano, a potential candidate for governor who has boasted of support from the former president, “breaching a police barricade” and walking on the lawn outside the building, according to Pennsylvania Spotlight.
