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Arizona Supreme Court Denies Appeal in Fake Elector Case
The Arizona Supreme Court rejected a prosecutor's appeal seeking to keep the fake elector case in superior court. Officials said the case will return to a grand jury for a full presentation rather than being dropped.
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The Arizona Supreme Court denied a prosecutor's appeal of an order sending the state's fake elector case back to a grand jury. The case involves allegations tied to the 2020 presidential election and names several individuals, including President Trump's former chief of staff.
A lower-court judge in Phoenix had ruled in May that the first grand jury was not shown the text of the Electoral Count Act. Defense lawyers cited the 19th-century law to argue that multiple slates of electors could be submitted when results were disputed.
The ruling follows dismissals of similar cases in Michigan and Georgia. A special prosecutor also dropped a related federal case in late 2024. Cases connected to the same scheme remain active in Arizona, Nevada and Wisconsin. Former President Joe Biden won Arizona in 2020 by 10,457 votes.
The attorney general's office stated it will present the case in full to a new grand jury instead of ending the prosecution. No further action has occurred at the trial-court level since mid-May.
