Category: Maricopa County

EXCLUSIVE: Arizona Senate President Karen Fann Reveals Maricopa County Lies; What’s Ahead for the Audit?

From the over 70 lawyers sent by Democrats to stop the audit in its early days to the ongoing threats of federal intervention by the Department of Justice, the Maricopa County 2020 election audit has faced overwhelming resistance from day one. Arizona Senate President Karen Fann is the initiator of the Maricopa County 2020 election audit….


Arizona Senate Calls on Attorney General to Move Audit Forward – Feat. Sen. Sonny Borrelli

Arizona state Sen. Sonny Borrelli, a retired U.S. Marine, is requesting that the Arizona attorney general investigate the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors’ (BOS) non-compliance with the latest subpoenas for the 2020 election audit. This could result in 10 percent (roughly $61 million) of the BOS’s shared state revenue being withheld—possibly prompting it to rethink…


Top Arizona Senator Asks State AG to Investigate Maricopa County Over Subpoena Resistance

A top Republican senator in Arizona is asking the state’s attorney general to probe Maricopa County officials over their refusal to fully comply with subpoenas deemed lawful by a judge. Arizona Senate Majority Whip Sonny Borrelli submitted a formal request on Tuesday to Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich, a fellow Republican, to probe the county’s…


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The threat of eviction looms for many. We hear from one man who was just ordered to move out. Even though there’s rent relief money, why do some landlords opt out? As the number of CCP Virus infections surges across the country, Florida sees a record number of cases. But a former FDA chief explains…


Maricopa County, Dominion Defy Arizona Senate’s Subpoenas

Officials in Arizona’s largest county and Dominion Voting Systems on Monday announced their defiance of the state Senate’s latest round of subpoenas, continuing a feud that started last year. Maricopa County’s Board of Supervisors decided in a closed session not to deliver any more election-related materials or information to the Arizona Senate, despite a judge…


Arizona Senate Audit Liaison Considers Stepping Down After Being Barred From Review

The Arizona Senate’s liaison for the 2020 election audit taking place in the state’s largest county is considering resigning after being barred from the audit on July 23. Ken Bennett, the liaison and a former Republican Arizona secretary of state, said Monday he was blocked from entering the audit last week because people there were…


Arizona Senate Not Holding Maricopa County in Contempt Due to Holdout Republican

The Republican-controlled Arizona Senate is not voting to hold Maricopa County officials in contempt for refusing to fully comply with election audit subpoenas because of a single GOP senator. Republicans lost a seat in the state Senate in the 2020 elections and hold a narrow 16-14 majority. That gives state Sen. Paul Boyer, a Republican,…


Arizona Senate President: Maricopa County Being ‘Coy’ on Auditing Certification

Officials in Arizona’s largest county have repeatedly described firms conducting a forensic election audit there as uncertified, even promoting the idea that they lacked certification from an agency that does not certify auditors. In response to the audit teams seeking more items from Maricopa County to complete the state Senate-ordered audit, Maricopa County Board of Supervisors…


Judge Rejects Arizona Senate’s Motion to Keep Election Audit Records Private

A judge on Thursday rejected the Arizona Senate’s motion to dismiss a public records lawsuit relating to its independent full audit of ballots cast in Maricopa County in the 2020 election. The lawsuit was filed by watchdog group American Oversight and sought records of communications between Senate officials and external vendors working on the audit,…


‘There Was No Victory’ for Biden, Trump Says in Wake of Arizona Election Audit Hearing

Former President Donald Trump issued a statement weighing in on the Thursday Arizona Senate hearing over preliminary results of the 2020 election audit underway in Maricopa County, saying “[t]here was no victory” for then-presidential candidate Joe Biden in the Grand Canyon state. The hearing was announced by the state’s Senate President Karen Fann on short notice as…