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.
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.
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Editor’s note We’re continuing our tradition of taking a look back each Saturday at some of the important, interesting or even odd events as they were reported during the same week throughout the years, along with interesting advertising features from years gone by.
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