"He wasn't a star with his own media platform, like the MyPillow guy. But he still gained a modest following by circulating conspiracy theories about President Trump's 2020 defeat, including that poll workers gave Trump supporters-but not other voters-felt-tip markers to fill out their ballots, rendering them invalid and unreadable by voting machines."
"More recently, he's asserted that a group of federal lawmakers is covering up foreign election interference. "They're all puppets," he said on the Rumble-streamed Real AF Patriot show in January. "They're bought and paid for; it's just by who." He claimed that because of "undeniable" evidence of malfeasance, justice was coming."
"He is now pushing debunked election claims from within the systems he rails against as a special government employee in the Trump administration. The search-warrant affidavit that allowed the FBI to seize election materials in Georgia in January-an extraordinary intervention by federal law enforcement-cited an analysis by Parikh."
"Last fall, Parikh began a contract with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's office that made him a player in the state's process for certifying election equipment. He boasts of access to the Wyoming secretary of state, who, he said on Rumble, has invited him to participate in an online presentation with residents."
A cybersecurity expert from Alabama circulated conspiracy theories about the 2020 election, including claims that poll workers provided Trump supporters with felt-tip markers that made ballots invalid or unreadable by voting machines. He later asserted that federal lawmakers were covering up foreign election interference and described them as puppets bought and paid for. He is now positioned inside systems he criticizes, serving as a special government employee in the Trump administration and contributing analysis cited in an FBI search-warrant affidavit related to Georgia election materials. He also contracted with the Texas attorney general’s office to participate in certifying election equipment and claimed access to the Wyoming secretary of state. His court testimony about remote infiltration of election equipment was amplified after being reposted by Trump.
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