Senate President Petersen refers AG Mayes and Secretary Fontes to DOJ for obstruction

By: Jerod MacDonald-Evoy

Outlets: Arizona Mirror

Published: April 7, 2026

Words: 1,058

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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Senate President Warren Petersen is asking the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate Attorney General Kris Mayes and Secretary of State Adrian Fontes after they asked for more details around a subpoena he received last month for records from the legislative chamber’s partisan review of the 2020 election.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona sent a subpoena to Petersen in March seeking documents as part of a “criminal investigation” …

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