The continued resistance to the audit by county officials gives the impression that there's something to hide.

One of the many issues auditors faced was the haphazard nature in which the ballots had been placed into boxes for delivery.

'And if you think this is a lot of people, you ought to look outside,' Trump said during his speech. He wasn't kidding.

The audit has uncovered a number of troubling election security issues - including an elections system that was far too easy to log into.

The Arizona Senate president revealed that Dominion Voting Systems holds all the passwords for Maricopa County election systems.

Arizona Senate President Karen Fann sat down for an exclusive interview to discuss updates on the election audit.

'As a matter of fact, if they ran out of paper, somebody was sent down to the nearest office supply store to pick up more.'

On Thursday, Arizona Senate President Karen Fann revealed that Maricopa County officials believed there were problems with elections in 2018.

'Maricopa County has intentionally done everything in their power to sabotage it, to withhold information, to be less than honest.'

So a combined 78 percent have at least some doubt that Pres. Joe Biden carried Arizona over former Pres. Donald Trump.

During a hearing on Thursday, Arizona state senators announced as many as 74,000 ballots were returned with no record of being sent.

Maricopa County officials are now claiming that voting machines used in the 2020 election have been compromised by the Republican-led audit.

The county expects to have new equipment in place in time for the November election, according to reports.

Ken Bennett argued the audit is a win for Arizona if it either confirms the election results are accurate or finds they were flawed.

'If every state performed an audit like this one after every election, public faith in our democracy would be absolute and unshakable.'

'Late last week, you made troubling comments about the ongoing efforts in states to ensure election integrity,' Brnovich wrote to Garland.

Pennsylvania lawmakers toured the site of the Arizona audit this week, following a highly controversial 2020 election in their state.

'I’m disappointed and saddened that the board of supervisors yesterday, some of the hurtful comments that were made.'

'Transparency is important for the American people and again this should be a nonpartisan issue, whether you’re a Republican, [or] Democrat,' Stefanik said.

'I’ve been able to recover all of those deleted files. I have access to that data,' CyFir founder Ben Cotton told the AZ Senate.

'Why do these local officials believe that they alone are acting in good faith while at the same time questioning the motives' of others who disagree?