Overview
- Attorney General Kris Mayes filed the request on Friday before a court deadline that could have led to dismissal, and the case now awaits the high court’s decision.
- The disputed ruling sent the matter back to a grand jury after judges found jurors were not given the text of a statute governing certification of presidential contests.
- An Arizona grand jury previously indicted Mark Meadows, Rudy Giuliani and other Trump allies on conspiracy, fraud and forgery charges tied to the alternate electors effort.
- One Republican activist pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor and charges against Jenna Ellis were dismissed in an agreement, while the remaining defendants pleaded not guilty.
- Recent presidential pardons apply only to federal offenses and do not halt Arizona’s state case, and similar prosecutions in Nevada, Georgia and Wisconsin remain pending.