The Michigan Attorney General & Secretary of State continue to block the full release of forensic images and raw data tied to an audit of the 2020 Presidential election
Dana Nessel & Jocelyn Benson argue that the auditors “Misunderstood routine election processes and ascribed fraud to explainable errors” so the information can’t be released
A couple of quick facts for you:
2016 Trump became the first Republican to carry Michigan since 1988, edging Hillary Clinton by 10,704 votes
2020 Biden flipped the state, winning by 154,188 votes (2.78% margin) and 50.6% of the vote
2024 Trump won 74 of 83 counties he outperformed 2020 numbers statewide beating Kamala by 80,103 votes or a margin of 1.42%
Michigan officials completed a forensic audit of Dominion voting machines in Antrim County (after a court order), finding that there were intentional design flaws in Dominion systems.
Attorney General Nessel to stepped in to keep the results private.
The story started early November 2020, when Antrim County reported results showing Joe Biden leading Donald Trump in a traditionally Republican stronghold.
County officials immediately said it was a mistake – human error – but not before sparking suspicion.
An audit was ordered and it was conducted by Allied Security Operations Group (ASOG), a Texas-based firm known for cybersecurity analysis.
The ASOG team’s report found that the Dominion system was “intentionally and purposefully designed with inherent errors to create systemic fraud and influence election results.”
It detailed a 68% error rate in ballot adjudication logs, the normal error rate is .00001%, and suggested logs were deliberately overwritten to hide activities.
The report further asserted that the machines allowed for ballots to be modified without oversight, pointing to potential vulnerabilities that could enable vote flipping on a large scale.
Conservatives hailed this as proof of rigged outcomes, especially since Antrim’s initial glitch flipped about 6,000 votes from Trump to Biden before correction.
However, Michigan’s Democrat leadership – Nessel and Secretary of State Benson – got a judge to block the immediate release of the findings.
On December 14, 2020, Judge Elsenheimer lifted the protective order, allowing the report’s release.
However, full forensic images and raw data are still restricted.
Nessel’s office then took aim at Trump allies for allegedly conducting their own forensic exams on voting equipment post-2020.
Figures like DePerno, attorney Stefanie Lambert, and former state Rep. Daire Rendon face felony counts for accessing tabulators in multiple townships without permission.
Trials are now underway, with prosecutors presenting evidence of tampered seals and data breaches—moves conservatives say is political persecution to silence fraud whistleblowers.
The ASOG report hinted at national security risks, suggesting Dominion’s error rates and log manipulations could enable external actors to alter votes.
In 2024, Michigan GOP legislators like Neil Friske requested renewed investigations into 2020, but Nessel rejected them as conspiratorial.
