A daylong hearing about elections ended with a presentation accusing many politicians, judges and public officials of taking bribes from a Mexican drug cartel.
PHOENIX — Arizona's Republican-controlled Legislature has for years entertained a host of unsupported theories about fraudsters manipulating election results since Donald Trump's loss in 2020.
House Speaker Ben Toma and Senate President Warren Petersen, both Republicans, pinned blame for the presentation on Rep. Liz Harris, a newly elected Republican who led a door-to-door canvassing effort searching for proof of fraud following the 2020 election. Her effort drew scrutiny from the U.S. Department of Justice's civil rights division, who warned about potential voter intimidation.
The focus on election conspiracies has persisted despite the drubbing that Republicans took in last year's election. The GOP was shut out of the state's top offices after voters rejected Republicans who promoted election lies. “I assure you, had he known about the report, he would not have allowed it to be included,” Petersen said in a statement. “This was definitely not the proper venue to make such allegations, nor to assess the credibility of such statements.”
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