Trump Administration Ends Mojave Contract After 6-Week Voting Probe Found No Fraud
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Updated · CNN · Aug 13
Trump Administration Ends Mojave Contract After 6-Week Voting Probe Found No Fraud
3 articles · Updated · CNN · Aug 13
Summary
Mojave Research said ODNI halted its contract in 2025 after the firm reported extensive voting-machine weaknesses in Puerto Rico equipment but no evidence votes were altered or vulnerabilities were exploited.
DEF CON remarks by CEO Jason Wareham and CTO Manbir Gulati said Trump allies turned on the firm once it refused to validate 2020 fraud claims, including by circulating false allegations of George Soros ties.
Wareham said he filed a September declaration and financial records to rebut those claims, then received a stop-work email the next month; he also alleged adviser Kurt Olsen repeatedly pushed unsupported election theories into ODNI discussions.
The unreleased report has become a flashpoint inside the administration, with Mojave saying the delay has undercut efforts to fix software flaws while exposing a split between election-security work and attempts to prove fraud claims.