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In response to the 2021 Arizona Senate audit, Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold infamously stated that “fraudits” have no place in Colorado. 

As it turns out, fraudits do have a place in Colorado! 

I just finished reading the report from the CDoS-selected investigator, and the level of incompetence in Colorado is a threat to national security.

I am stunned that this is considered a serious work product. I’m also tickled that CDoS thinks this absolves them of responsibility. Consider that no one knew about the capability for hidden files or the “Inspect Workbook” function — in Microsoft Excel — including the investigator that “cleared” the office of wrong doing. 

In CDoS, they were all violating their own policies — the gold standard ones — but at the end of the day the “investigator” says it’s just a whoopsie.

Further, and most importantly, the investigator DID NOT review or audit the actions of CDoS after Oct 24, 2024. CDoS knew of the breach on that date and was caught in the middle of a coverup on Oct 29, when the Colorado GOP broke the scandal. Consider:

• CDoS was caught hiding a massive breach from the clerks — who had custody of the compromised equipment. 
• CDoS only told the clerks after the story broke in the news.
• CDoS engaged a lawyer/investigator to “review” their actions. This is a hand-picked investigator with CDoS-limited (directed?) scope. 
• The investigator found that rules and policies were violated; but she finds all the people in CDoS — the ones paying her — credible and lovely so concludes that the whole saga can be boiled down to mistakes.
• The investigator DID NOT look at the actions associated with the cover up, such as the refusal to communicate with clerks until after caught/the story broke; the recorded words of Deputy Secretary Beall to the Adams County Clerk that the reason for not telling the clerks was to avoid a media frenzy; or who was involved in the decision making during the coverup and who had the crisis comms contract for this breach.  

The people have a right to answers, and they don’t get them from this unserious report. Perhaps that is because CDoS has legal privilege with the lawfirm investigating their office. Read that again. 

This report doesn’t answer most of our questions, but it does raise some new ones. For example, this appears to be an investigation with a defined scope. Did Beall/CDoS define Investigator Quinn’s scope or otherwise provide direction for the investigation? If Beall directed the investigator on scope, is that enough to pierce privilege?

Is the old adage that the coverup is worse than the crime true (and actionable)?

Bottom Line: There is an ongoing coverup in the Colorado State Department, and now they’re involving new co-conspirators.

Read the full report here:

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