Election denier who worked to overturn Trump’s 2020 loss is named top official for ‘Election Integrity’

Heather Honey, a conservative researcher who worked to try to overturn election results in Republicans’ favor, was recently appointed to a senior position overseeing elections - (AP)

A well-known election denier who curried favor with President Donald Trump for providing false information about the 2020 presidential election has been appointed to a senior position overseeing all U.S. election infrastructure in the Department of Homeland Security.

Heather Honey, 54, has devoted years of her life to disputing election results in key battleground states, such as Arizona and her home state of Pennsylvania. Through her various companies, Honey has flooded local officials and misrepresented voter data in reports — part of an effort to sow skepticism about elections that fail to go MAGA Republicans’ way.