Trump administration subpoenaing Arizona 2020 voting records

Monday, March 09, 2026

The Trump administration has subpoenaed records related to the 2020 election in Arizona's largest county, the state Senate president said Monday, the latest in a series of steps taken by the president to relitigate an election he lost and bolster the federal government's authority over elections.

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... Arizona Senate President Warren Petersen, a Republican, wrote in a Monday afternoon social media post that last week he "received and complied with a federal grand jury subpoena for records relating to the Arizona State Senate's 2020 audit of Maricopa County," adding that "The FBI has the records."

Petersen was responding to a post from President Donald Trump on Truth Social calling the development "Great!!!" ...

Arizona's Maricopa County -- like Georgia's Fulton County -- has long been a centerpiece of those conspiracy theories, with Republicans alleging widespread fraud in the 2020 election without evidence.

Trump and his allies pushed Republicans in the Arizona state Senate to audit the election in Maricopa County " which former President Joe Biden narrowly carried in 2020 " but the review, like many others, found no proof of substantial fraud. ...

Trump has repeatedly threatened to "nationalize" elections ahead of the 2026 midterm elections in recent months despite the fact that the Constitution explicitly delegates election administration duties to the states, sparking concern from Democrats and bipartisan state election officials.

One source of worry is how the Trump administration is using the U.S. spy community to support his claims the 2020 election was rigged. ...

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-03-09 05:34 PM

... The tally from the review, which was backed by the Republican-controlled state Senate but has no bearing on President Joe Biden's long-official victory in the state, found Biden defeated former President Donald Trump in Maricopa County by about 45,000 votes, a slight increase of Biden's margin from the official count. ...

"You don't have to dig deep into the draft copy of the Arizona Senate/Cyber Ninja audit report to confirm what I already knew -- the candidates certified by the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, Governor, Secretary of State and Attorney General -- did, in fact, win," board chair Jack Sellers, a Republican, said in a statement. "This means the tabulation equipment counted the ballots as they were designed to do, and the results reflected the will of the voters. That should be the end of the story." ...