In a significant legal development, a federal grand jury has issued a subpoena to Arizona's state legislature seeking records pertaining to a controversial review of the 2020 election results. Warren Petersen, the president of the Arizona state senate, confirmed the receipt of the subpoena, stating it relates specifically to the examination conducted on the election results in Maricopa County, the state's most populous area. Petersen noted on his social media account that "the FBI has the records," indicating an ongoing investigation into the procedures followed during the election audit. This subpoena appears to be part of a broader effort associated... [Continue Reading]
Request for records related to election audit appears latest part of Trump effort to spread false claims about votingA federal grand jury subpoenaed Arizona’s legislature for records related the state senate’s widely criticized review of the 2020 election, the state senate president said on Monday, in what appears to be the latest part of the Trump administration’s efforts to spread false claims about the 2020 election and voting in the United States.Warren Petersen, the president of the Arizona state senate, confirmed on X on Monday the legislature had received a subpoena related to records of its review of the election... [Continue Reading]
The subpoena was issued in recent days to the Arizona State Senate, which oversaw a sprawling but partisan audit of the vote result in Maricopa County. [Continue Reading]