Thread: The debunked claim that servers run by Dominion Voting Systems were seized in Germany is making the rounds again.

So I'm going to explain where this claim originated from and how it devolved into its current incarnation. https://www.dailydot.com/debug/us-army-dominion-conspiracy-theory/

The claim appears to have originated in the form of a garbled German screenshot posted to Twitter that claimed the U.S. Army had raided Scytl, a Spanish election technology company, at their offices in Frankfurt.

(Translation on the right)

The screenshot made its way to Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Tx.) several days later, who referenced the tweet during a Zoom call and during an interview on Newsmax.

Gohmert admitted that he didn't actually know whether the tweet was true.

https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2020/11/fact-check-us-army-did-not-seize-dominion-servers-in-germany.html

For starters, Scytl doesn't have offices in Frankfurt and is headquartered in Barcelona, Spain. The claim from the get-go fails to get even the most basic facts correct.

The U.S. Army also called the allegations of a raid in Germany totally false.

https://apnews.com/article/fact-checking-9754011363

Rep. Gohmert's (R-Tx.) reference to the German tweet was then echoed by former Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos on Twitter.

Except Papadopoulos incorrectly said that Gohmert had mentioned Dominion when he had actually mentioned Scytl.

Unsurprisingly, not long after, the two conspiracies were combined online and the story suddenly became that Scytl and Dominion were actually the same company.

Scytl and Dominion are not the same company and have no ties.

The false claim has since made its way to Trump attorney Sidney Powell, who told Newsmax that votes were counted on servers in "Barcelona" or "Frankfurt."

Note that the original claim never mentioned Barcelona. She added that in herself.

https://www.wbap.com/news/sidney-powell-to-newsmax-tv-dominion-designed-to-rig-elections/

Think about how crazy it is that this entire story originated from a screenshot on Twitter of poorly-worded German text that was not only filled with spelling errors but major factual errors as well.

From a random Twitter account to the White House in a matter of days.

Brian Trascher, a member of the Trump Recount Committee, also told Newsmax that his team has started "to get some raw data off of" the server.

Except there is no server. He's either lying or being fed false information. Again, this entire story originated from a false tweet.