Overview
- The justices extended Attorney General Kris Mayes’ deadline from Oct. 22 to Nov. 21 to determine whether to seek review or take another path in the case.
- The extension averts the immediate risk that the indictment could be dissolved this week, as the matter remains paused while Mayes weighs appealing, re-presenting to a grand jury, or dismissal.
- Maricopa County Judge Sam Myers previously sent the indictments back after finding grand jurors were not given or adequately guided on the 1887 Electoral Count Act, and an appeals panel declined to revisit that ruling in September.
- Several defendants, including Rudy Giuliani, Kelli Ward, Anthony Kern and Mark Meadows, opposed the delay, while others did not object, according to court filings.
- If Myers’ order stands, prosecutors would have 15 days to bring the case back to a grand jury, a step Mayes has described as logistically demanding, as earlier outcomes include Jenna Ellis’ cooperation deal and elector Loraine Pellegrino’s misdemeanor plea.