office. you see on the surveillance video they spend hours inside this restricted room in the elections office. reporter: one of those inside the room, paul maggio, works for sullivan strickler. the data filler hired to gain access to the records. maggio was not indicted, and in a statement to cnn sullivan strickler said the firm was directed by the attorneys that hired them to obtain access to certain data and distribute it to certain individuals. and, quote, the firm had no reason to believe these attorneys would ask or direct sullivan strickler to do anything either improper or illegal. ultimately they were able to basically take an entire copy of the voting system with the idea that it would be used to point to vulnerabilities, point to different issues with the voting machines themselves, and the plan was to use that as evidence of widespread voter fraud. reporter: another shocking twist in the story the coffee county data breach would remain