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.
In a letter Tuesday, the Gilbert Republican told Timothy Courchaine, the U.S. Attorney for Arizona, the pair want him to produce “detailed information” about the materials he produced about the 2020 presidential election pursuant to a subpoena. Those records concern an “audit” the Senate conducted in 2021 amid allegations that, despite official election returns, Donald Trump actually outpolled Joe Biden.
Petersen said the Senate obtained an opinion letter from a private law firm that concluded the Senate was obligated to comply with the subpoena.
