Researcher hired by Trump campaign seemed 'amazed' at 'shoddy' theories he was asked to investigate: report

In 2020, former President Donald Trump's campaign hired two private firms to investigate claims of mass voter fraud in the presidential election, and both firms concluded that there was simply insufficient evidence to prove the election had been stolen by President Joe Biden.

Now the Washington Post reports that both special counsel Jack Smith and Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis have taken interest in the firms' work as they probe whether Trump broke any laws when he tried to stay in power after losing the 2020 election.

The Post's report brings new details about the findings of the two firms, Berkeley Research Group and Simpatico Software Systems, who are now both cooperating with investigators.

One particularly notable detail involves Ken Block, the president of Simpatico Software Systems, who provided the Trump campaign with lengthy and detailed presentations debunking the false claims the former president and his allies were pushing about mass voter fraud.

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"The emails from Block to Trump’s campaign show in detail that many of the theories — more than a dozen in total — being pushed by Trump’s team were erroneous, and Block explains the research he conducted," the Post writes, citing unnamed sources. "A person with knowledge of dozens of the emails said that Block at times seemed to be amazed at the theories he was being asked to pursue, along with the shoddiness of the methodology that others had used."

Trump currently faces a slew of legal problems, including a civil lawsuit over allegedly fraudulent business practices from New York Attorney General Letitia James; criminal charges related to his hush-money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels; two different investigations into his efforts to illegally remain in power after losing the 2020 election to President Joe Biden; and an investigation into his decision to stash top-secret government documents at his Mar-a-Lago resort.

Trump was also recently found liable for sexually abusing and defaming journalist E. Jean Carroll.