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of the election results in the county that trump carried by over 25 points. this week we learned from the alamogordo daily news that the state aud thor of new mexico has opened a new investigation into how the county awarded that contract, the new mexico state governor s office confirmed it opened a special examination over an agreement between otero county and the audit of the election asserting the contract could violate state procurement laws. joining us now is new mexico state auditor brian, whose office is looking into the contract in otero county. thanks for joining us tonight. great to be with you, rachel. thanks for having me. did i get any of that wrong, or is there any part of this that s important to the story that i left out? you know, rachel, i think you got it just exactly right, i didn t know much about the hitchhiker s guide to the galaxy part of the story, but i think it s excellent writing. what prompted you and your
that republicans have done in arizona and wisconsin and pennsylvania. i should note one of the county commissioners who voted for the audit has himself been indicted for breaching the capitol on january 6th. all three otero county commissioners all republicans, chose a company that runs the audit that is run by an election conspiracy theorist who claims to have invented email and claims the way the election was stolen was that in every single state in 2020 trump s share of the vote was reduced by approximately 4.2% and he knows how they did it because he read a contextual reading the sci-fi climate the hitchhiker s guide to the galaxy, that had the secret to stealing the election. aun commission county commissioners over the objections of the attorney, they decided to spend $50,000 in taxpayer funds to have that guy and his company conduct an audit
i didn t know much about the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy from the story, but i think it s excellent framing. what prompted you and your office to open an inquiry over this contract? what sort of responsibility do you have over this type of county level expenditure? you know, the beauty and new mexico is we have the office of the state auditor that oversees and audits government transactions and the expenditures of the taxpayers resources in our state. the important evasions we have at the office of the state of the resort special investigation divisions. that s really driven by engagement with the public when they have concerns about waste fraud and abuse. a whistle blower anonymously provided a complaint to our office about this expenditure. when we did do a review we determined it was appropriate to open up an investigation exam on this particular transaction where gathering
from a close contextual reading of the 1970s sci-fi comedy classic, the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy. that had the secret to stealing the election. the otero county commissioner over the objections of the county attorney, they decided it was definitely worth spending nearly $15,000 and taxpayer funds to have that guy and his company conduct an audit of the election results in the county and trump carried over by 25 points. well, this week we learned from daily news, alam accord oh that the state auditor of new mexico has opened a new investigation into how the county awarded that contract confirmed it opened a special examination over an agreement between otero county and affirmed to audit the results of the 2020 election asserting the contract could violate stave proof human loss. joining us now is new mexico state auditor, brian cologne