Submitting methodology under seal could neatly address both concerns, that bad actors might know what to look for, and (post-audit) the media may claim the methodologies were bunk from the start, or that the audit was a sham. That would be feasible if anybody could trust a left-wing jurist not to pervert the law to match his desires and leak everything to j**rnalists.

ETA- just realised the likely gambit is an auditing 'fact check'. Libs are watching too, and they will have an army of paid shills ready to flag and turn into a media circus any deviations from exact filed procedure and turn each one into a lawsuit, which will be allowed to proceed.

Submitting methodology under seal could neatly address both concerns, that bad actors might know what to look for, and (post-audit) the media may claim the methodologies were bunk from the start, or that the audit was a sham. That would be feasible if anybody could trust a left-wing jurist not to pervert the law to match his desires and leak everything to j**rnalists.