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Prosecutor asks Arizona Supreme Court to review decision that stalled fake elector case
Kris Mayes appeals to Arizona Supreme Court after a May ruling stalled the 2020 fake electors case involving 18 defendants indicted on nine felony counts.
- On Nov. 21, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes will ask the Arizona Supreme Court to review the lower-court ruling that stalled her prosecution, with Krista Wood notifying attorneys of the appeal.
- Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Sam Myers ruled that prosecutors failed to provide grand jurors the full text of the relevant federal law, citing precedent to present "all the law applicable to the facts of the case," which stalled the case for six months.
- In April 2024, a grand jury indicted 11 Arizona Republicans and seven aides to Trump on nine felony counts, including ten electors and aides like Rudy Giuliani and Mark Meadows.
- By appealing, Kris Mayes retains the option to send the matter to a new grand jury and keeps the prosecution alive instead of allowing dismissal after the Friday deadline, defense attorney Michael Columbo urged dismissal citing Joe Biden's 2020 margin in Arizona — 10,457 votes.
- Arizona is one of five states with charges related to fake electors, and similar prosecutions in Nevada and Georgia have recently resumed; Nov. 7 presidential pardons do not bar state charges.
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Mayes asks Supreme Court to overturn ruling that halted her fake electors case
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes addresses the crowd at the Arizona Capitol during the No Kings protest on Oct. 18, 2025, in Phoenix, Ariz. Photo by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy/Arizona Mirror Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is pushing forward with her case against 11 Arizona Republicans and top Trump aides who tried to overturn his 2020 election loss in the Grand Canyon State, filing an appeal to the state Supreme Court that aims to revive the c…
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