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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Brendan Fischer and Ed Pilkington

Revealed: Trump secretly donated $1m to discredited Arizona election ‘audit’

Trump at a rally in Arizona
The audit focused on Maricopa country, Arizona, which Biden won by 45,109 votes. Photograph: Brian Snyder/Reuters

One of the enduring mysteries surrounding the chaotic attempts to overturn Donald Trump’s defeat in the 2020 presidential battle has been solved: who made a secret $1m donation to the controversial election “audit” in Arizona?

The identity of one of the largest benefactors behind the discredited review of Arizona’s vote count has been shrouded in secrecy. Now the Guardian can reveal that the person who partially bankrolled the failed attempt to prove that the election was stolen from Trump was … Trump.

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