Arizona Prosecutors Dismissing Fake Elector Case but Vow to Seek New Indictment
Mayes said the complex case needs more evidence time and will be re-presented to a new grand jury before a 15-day deadline expires.
- On Thursday, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes announced she is dismissing the fake elector case and vowing to seek a new indictment before a grand jury to bypass a Friday deadline for new proceedings.
- The case involves 18 defendants, including Mark Meadows and New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, accused of trying to overturn President Donald Trump's 2020 loss; charges were filed nearly three and a half years after Joe Biden won Arizona by 10,457 votes.
- Defense attorneys argued the law allowed multiple slates of electors to be submitted to Congress if results were disputed, while a dozen dismissal requests have slowed court progress significantly.
- Courts have dismissed similar cases in Michigan and Georgia; the Nevada case was refiled in Carson City, and a federal case against Trump was dropped in late 2024.
- The case has factored into Arizona's attorney general race, with Republican challengers promising to dismiss the charges if elected, following over a year of procedural delays from judicial recusal and appeals.
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ussanews.comArizona moves to dismiss 2020 election case to secure new indictment
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes filed a motion on Thursday to dismiss her office’s criminal case that alleged more than a dozen allies of President Donald Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election in the state. The move was made to pave the way for a new indictment that state prosecutors can present to a grand jury on a “reasonable timeline,” per the motion. The original indictment had been delayed since May 2025, when a Maricopa County judg…
Arizona prosecutors dismiss fake elector case but vow to seek new indictment
Courts have dismissed similar cases in Michigan and Georgia, and a special prosecutor dropped a federal case in late 2024 that charged Trump with conspiring to overturn the 2020 election.
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Arizona prosecutors dismissing fake elector case but vow to seek new indictment
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is dismissing a criminal case that alleged President Donald Trump’s former chief of staff Mark Meadows, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and others tried to overturn Trump’s 2020 loss in the state.
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