Arizona escalates probe into alleged efforts to swing election for Trump

Submitted by Dave Hodges on Friday, July 14, 2023 - 20:47.
KRIS MAYES

by Yvonne Wingett Sanchez

EDITOR'S NOTE: WHEN MY RURAL AREA OF MARICOPA COUNTY WAS FIGHTING TO MAINTAIN OUR PROPERTY RIGHTS, IN A BLATANT LAND GRAB EFFORT BY THE LATE SENATOR MCCAIN AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WINGETT-SANCHEZ COVERED OUR SITUATION, AND HER COVERAGE OF OUR PLIGHT WAS SO ONE-SIDED AND DISHONEST, I PUBLICLY INFORMED HER THAT WE WOULD HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH HER DISHONESTY OR THE YELLOW JOURNALISM RAG, THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC THAT SHE WORKED FOR AT THE TIME. TODAY THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC NEWSPAPER PROVES THAT WOKE IS BROKE. AS YOU READ ANYTHING BY THIS REPORTER, PLEASE KEEP IN MIND OUR ADMONITION TO NOT TAKE ANYTHING SHE SAYS AT FACE VALUE. FURTHER, THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC IS TEAMING UP WITH KRIS MAYES TO 'CANCEL CULTURE' AND PROSECUTE ANYONE WHO DISAGREES WITH CRIMINAL CABAL THAT RUNS ARIZONA.

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Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes (D) assigned a team of prosecutors to the case in May, and investigators have contacted many of the pro-Trump electors and their lawyers, according to the two people who spoke on the condition of anonymity to candidly describe the probe. Investigators have requested records and other information from local officials who administered the 2020 election, the two people said, and a prosecutor has inquired about evidence collected by the Justice Department and an Atlanta-area prosecutor for similar probes.

It is unclear if the investigation will broaden into other attempts to undermine President Biden's victory in the state, including a pressure campaign by Trump and his allies to thwart the will of voters and remain in office.

Dan Barr, Mayes's chief deputy, said the investigation is in the "fact-gathering" phase. He declined to say whether subpoenas have been issued and which state statutes the team thinks might have been broken.

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