Arizona Senate President calls on DOJ to investigate Mayes, Fontes for interfering in election investigation

Petersen asks DOJ to investigate Mayes, Fontes over election records dispute

PHOENIX -- Senate President Warren Petersen wants the Department of Justice to investigate whether Attorney General Kris Mayes and Secretary of State Adrian Fontes are trying to interfere with a federal grand jury investigation.

Senate President Petersent refers AG Mayes and Secretary Fontes to DOJ for obstruction

Attorney General Kris Mayes and Adrian Fontes on the floor of the Arizona House of Representatives in January 2025. (Photo by Gage Skidmore/Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0)Senate President Warren Petersen is asking the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate Attorney General Kris Mayes and Secretary of State Adrian Fontes after they asked for more details around a subpoena he received last month for records from the legislative chamber’s partisan review o…

Arizona Senate President calls on DOJ to investigate Mayes, Fontes for interfering in election investigation

Secretary of State Adrian Fontes said, "Political threats are not going to deter me from working to protect Arizona's voters," in response to the announcement.