The attached assessment in the WP gets it, whereas the TPM framing doesn’t. In fact the TPM and other media reporting of this only reinforces the intent of this fraudulent performance in the worst way.
There was NOTHING legitimate about this so-called audit. It started as a fraud, operated as a fraud, and continues to be a fraud.
The report will be filled with innuendo, all unproven of course, of “discrepancies,” intending to raise alarms, paving the way for Trumpist legislatures to “fix” phantom problems. Any reporting that represents this as a legitimate finding - top number to footnote - ultimately gives credence to a process that should have absolutely none.