Arizona

DOJ Letter Threatening Arizona Senate Audit – Chilling Effect on Legal Counsel (AZ)

Arizona, Judicial Malfeasance, Lawfare, Reasonable Inference, United States /

Reasonable Inference The U.S. Department of Justice, through its Deputy Assistant Attorney General, transmitted a letter to Arizona Senate Majority Leader Karen Fann explicitly attempting to halt the Arizona Senate’s legislatively authorized forensic audit of Maricopa County election systems. This federal intrusion into a state legislative oversight function – using DOJ letterhead and implying federal […]

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Severe Sampling Limitations in Ward v. Jackson (AZ)

Arizona, Court Procedure, Established Fact, Judicial Malfeasance, United States /

Established Fact The state court restricted forensic document examiners to reviewing only 100 randomly selected mail-in ballots for signature comparisons and evaluated only 1,626 duplicated ballots. The court concluded errors were statistically negligible and dismissed the case, preventing a statistically significant or comprehensive forensic audit of Maricopa County ballots. The arbitrarily narrow discovery perimeter precluded

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Attorney Sanctions Used to Deter Election Integrity Litigation in Arizona Election Cases (AZ)

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Disputed Fact The Maricopa County Superior Court ordered the Arizona Republican Party and its lawyers to pay opposing counsel’s fees after they sued over Maricopa County’s 2020 election procedures and sought a broader hand‑count audit. In doing so, the court labeled the lawsuit “groundless” and said it was brought for the “improper purpose” of undermining

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Systemic Speed of Post-Election Dismissals Precluded Forensic Evidence Presentation – Statewide (AZ)

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Established Fact [Established Fact – Timing of dismissals vs. completion of audits] Multiple Arizona post-election challenges were dismissed in December 2020 – within weeks of election certification – on standing, mootness, or procedural grounds. The Cyber Ninjas audit was not completed until September 2021, and forensic analyses by Ben Cotton (CyFIR) and Jovan Pulitzer were

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Ward v. Jackson, No. CV2020-015285 (Ariz. S. Ct.) – Decision Rested on Proven Falsehood (AZ)

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Reasonable Inference [Reasonable Inference – Court decision rested on incorrect factual predicate] In Ward v. Jackson, No. CV-20-0343-AP/EL (Ariz. Dec. 8, 2020), the Arizona Supreme Court rejected a challenge to the 2020 presidential election results in which the central dispute concerned the accuracy of ballot duplication — a process in which damaged or defective ballots

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Ward v. Jackson, No. CV2020-015285 (Ariz. S. Ct.) – Comingling & Representations by Government Counsel That Contradict Physical Record (AZ)

Arizona, Case Dismissal, Established Fact, Judicial Malfeasance, United States /

Established Fact [Established Fact – Representation was made; commingling was documented post-litigation] The Arizona Supreme Court adjudicated a challenge to the 2020 election results in which the Secretary of State’s counsel represented that original and duplicate ballots “are, by statute, segregated and preserved.” The Cyber Ninjas audit subsequently established that ballot boxes delivered for audit

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Bowyer v. Ducey, No. 2:20-cv-02321-DJH (D. Ariz.) – Dismissed for Standing; Claims Mischaracterized as Evidence Failure (AZ)

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Reasonable Interference [Reasonable Inference – Characterization as evidence dismissal is misleading] A federal lawsuit alleging large-scale election fraud and seeking to decertify Arizona’s election results was dismissed for lack of legal standing. The presiding judge described the claims as “sorely wanting of relevant or reliable evidence” and noted entertaining the suit “would cause extreme and

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Ward v. Jackson – Government Counsel’s Representation to Arizona Supreme Court That Ballots Were Segregated; Physical State of Ballot Corpus Inconsistent with Representation (AZ)

Arizona, Bribery, Judicial Malfeasance, Maricopa County, Reasonable Inference, United States /

Reasonable Inference In Ward v. Jackson, Arizona Supreme Court Case No. CV2020-015285, the Secretary of State’s counsel represented to the court that the challenged ballots had been segregated and preserved in a manner that would permit the relief requested. The Cyber Ninjas audit, completed in September 2021, found that the physical ballot corpus was not

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Alleged RICO Bribery Network Among Maricopa County Superior Court Judges – Harris/Thaler Law Firm Criminal Investigation (AZ)

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Reasonable Inference [Reasonable Inference aspect of this finding] An extensive investigation by the Harris/Thaler Law Firm, submitted as a formal brief in Maricopa County Superior Court criminal case CR2021-134056, alleged that public officials – including more than two dozen judges of the Maricopa County Superior Court – accepted bribes to protect racketeering enterprises and to

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Bribery of Maricopa County Superior Court Judges – Harris/Thaler Law Firm Criminal Investigation (AZ)

Arizona, Bribery, Disputed Fact, Judicial Malfeasance, Maricopa County, United States /

Disputed Fact [Disputed Fact aspect of this finding] An extensive investigation by the Harris/Thaler Law Firm, submitted as a formal brief in Maricopa County Superior Court criminal case CR2021-134056, alleged that public officials – including more than two dozen judges of the Maricopa County Superior Court – accepted bribes to protect racketeering enterprises and to

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