An obscure Texas security company helped persuade Americans that the 2020 election was stolen from Trump
By Emma Brown, Aaron C. Davis, Jon Swaine and Josh Dawsey The Washington Post,Updated May 9, 2021, 9:52 p.m.
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Russell Ramsland delivered presentations on electronic voting in this airplane hangar in Addison, Texas, where the company Allied Security Operations Group has offices.Aaron Davis/The Washington Post
ADDISON, Texas - Key elements of the baseless assertion that the 2020 election was stolen from President Donald Trump took shape in an airplane hangar here two years earlier, promoted by a Republican businessman who has sold many things, from Tex-Mex food in London to a wellness technology that beams light into the human bloodstream.
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Trump s election fraud claims can be traced back to a Texas businessman who spent years falsely asserting that electronic voting machines manipulated votes salarshani@businessinsider.com (Sarah Al-Arshani) © AP Photo/Evan Vucci President Donald Trump speaks in the East Room of the White House, early Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020, in Washington. AP Photo/Evan Vucci
Parts of Trump s baseless election fraud claims started in 2018, The Washington Post reported.
Some of the claims originated with Texas businessman Russell Ramsland Jr. and his associates.
Trump allies like Sydney Powell met with associates of Ramsland in 2019.
When former President Donald Trump lost the 2020 election he claimed it was because of voter fraud, citing claims that were initially started years ago by a Texas businessman, The Washington Post reported.
An obscure Texas security company helped persuade many Americans that the 2020 election was stolen from Trump Author: Emma Brown, Aaron C. Davis, Jon Swaine, Josh Dawsey, The Washington Post Updated: 5 days ago Published 5 days ago
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Print article ADDISON, Texas - Key elements of the baseless assertion that the 2020 election was stolen from President Donald Trump took shape in an airplane hangar here two years earlier, promoted by a Republican businessman who has sold many things, from Tex-Mex food in London to a wellness technology that beams light into the human bloodstream. At meetings beginning late in 2018, as Republicans were smarting from midterm losses in Texas and across the country, Russell Ramsland and his associates delivered alarming presentations on electronic voting to a procession of conservative lawmakers, activists and donors.