https://www.courthousenews.com/conspiracy-tale-at-arpaio-contempt-hearing/
https://archive.is/KlqpV
2015: Conspiracy Tale at Arpaio Contempt Hearing
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Blixseth also described to Arpaio a secret computer system Montgomery told him about that was built by the federal government, called “The Hammer.”
He said the system is housed in Fort Washington, Md., andMontgomery used it when he was contracted by the CIA.
Montgomery claimed the government asked him to hack into the Florida voter registration system and to upload information to alter it because there was “a big redistricting down in Florida.”
In that same meeting, Arpaio is heard asking Blixseth whom he should contact with this information if he decided not to look into Montgomery’s claims.
Blixseth recommended the FBI, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder or Arizona Sen. John McCain, much to Arpaio’s audible disappointment.
“McCain? Are you kidding? He hates my ass and he’s behind all this shit,”Arpaio said.
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Hammer was a "conspiracy theory" in 2015.