Overview
- Arizona Senate President Warren Petersen said he complied last week with a federal grand jury subpoena and turned over the chamber’s 2021 audit records to the FBI.
- Maricopa County officials said they have not received subpoenas and noted 2020 ballots were destroyed after the statutory retention period.
- Federal investigators used a subpoena to obtain legislative records in Arizona, contrasting with January’s court-approved search warrant used to seize 2020 materials in Fulton County, Georgia.
- The Cyber Ninjas review, commissioned by Republican legislators in 2021, found no outcome-changing fraud and slightly increased Biden’s margin in Maricopa County.
- Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes condemned the action as unwarranted, while President Donald Trump praised reports of the records handover; the FBI and DOJ have not detailed what potential crimes are under investigation.