Overview

• The Court of Appeals on Sept. 22 declined to accept Attorney General Kris Mayes’ petition, in an order signed by Presiding Judge Kent Cattani that cited the court’s discretionary review.
• Maricopa County Judge Sam Myers ruled on May 16 that prosecutors failed to provide grand jurors with the text of the Electoral Count Act, finding a denial of a substantial procedural right.
• The ruling returns the case to the charging stage and puts the prosecution on uncertain footing after an appeal that had paused proceedings.
• Mayes can seek review from the Arizona Supreme Court, re-present the case to a grand jury, or drop the prosecution; her office declined to say what step she will take.
• An April 2024 grand jury indicted 18 people in an alleged plan to send a false slate of Arizona electors to Washington, including Kelli Ward, Sen. Jake Hoffman, Tyler Bowyer, Rudy Giuliani and Mark Meadows.