FBI joins DA criminal investigation into Colorado county voting machine password leaks

Published August 17, 2021 11:39pm ET



Officials in Mesa County, Colorado, confirmed Tuesday that local prosecutors are conducting a criminal investigation into the county clerk’s office after a breach in security protocol resulted in elections equipment passwords being published online.

Republican Mesa County District Attorney Dan Rubenstein and his office “obtained and executed search warrants” to process evidence as part of the investigation into how the sensitive information was accessed, a county spokesperson told the Washington Examiner.

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