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Arizona AG Investigation Determines There Were ‘Instances of Election Fraud’ and Claims Individuals Will Be ‘Prosecuted for Various Election Crimes'

Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich released an “initial review” of Maricopa County’s 2020 election, summarizing the preliminary findings from his “ongoing” investigation in a letter to Senate President Karen Fann today.

Brnovich writes that his team has “uncovered instances of election fraud by individuals who have been or will be prosecuted for various election crimes.” However, due to disclosure limitations related active “criminal and civil investigations,” the letter’s subsequent content is vague, rehashing well-known issues with a better-luck-next-time tone. More hopium or is there real hope for accountability?

The following are excerpts from the AG’s Interim Report:

“Six months ago the Arizona Attorney General's Office (the "Office") received reports sent from the Arizona State Senate concerning its Maricopa County Forensic Election Audit. In addition, the Attorney General's Election Integrity Unit (EIU) has received and is reviewing additional complaints alleging election failures and potential misconduct that occurred in 2020.

Our team of EIU investigators and attorneys has now collectively spent thousands of hours reviewing the Senate's audit reports and other complaints, conducting interviews, and analyzing Maricopa County's election system and processes. We have reached the conclusion that the 2020 election in Maricopa County revealed serious vulnerabilities that must be addressed and raises questions about the 2020 election in Arizona…

The EIU's review has uncovered instances of election fraud by individuals who have been or will be prosecuted for various election crimes.' The EIU's review is ongoing and we are therefore limited in what we can disclose about specific criminal and civil investigations. Thus, this interim report will focus on what our office can presently share and the current status of our review.

We can report that there are problematic system-wide issues that relate to early ballot handling and verification. The early ballot signature verification system in Maricopa County is insufficient to guard against abuse. At times election workers conducting the verification process had only seconds to review a signature. For example, on November 4, 2020, the Maricopa County Recorder verified 206,648 early ballot affidavit signatures, which resulted in an average of 4.6 seconds per signature. There are simply too many early ballots that must be verified in too limited a period of time, thus leaving the system vulnerable to error, fraud and oversight.

Moreover, our review has determined that in multiple instances, Maricopa County failed to follow critical procedures when transporting early ballots from drop locations to the election headquarters. It is estimated that between 100,000 and 200,000 ballots were transported without a proper chain of custody.

The first half of this report discusses document production issues we have confronted with Maricopa County and the EIU's ongoing review of the Senate's audit reports and other complaints. The rest of this report then sets forth our election integrity concerns and recommendations…”

The report then goes on to identify publicly known issues “in the areas of early-ballot signature verification, ballot drop boxes, use of private grant monies by election officials, election document preservation and transparency,” and concludes by summarizing the Office’s “ongoing actions to defend election integrity in active litigation.”

Read more 📑 Brnovich Interim Report on Maricopa County
Hat tip 🤠 @AZInformer and Adam Carter @TheWashingtonPundit

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I just dropped off our initial review of the 2020 election audit to President Fann. We can report that there are problematic system-wide issues that relate to early ballot handling and verification. azag.gov/media/interest…

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