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Mayes Jumps Into Strange Gagic-Mitchell Feud

November 13, 2025 4:49 pm

Arizona Attorney General has jumped into the complex and increasingly strange legal and political conflict involving Phoenix attorney Vladimir Gagic, Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell, and Mitchell’s fiancé, Paul Stout. Mayes’ intervention represents a notable escalation, with the dispute now...

Pinal’s Miller Reacts to Likely End to Mayes’ Alternate Electors Case

November 12, 2025 3:15 pmNovember 12, 2025 3:16 pm

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is signaling that she may drop the high-profile criminal case against a group of Republicans accused of acting as alternate electors in the 2020 election. The development comes just days before President Donald Trump issued...

Maricopa Recorder, BOS Clash Intensifies Amid New Ballot Find

November 7, 2025 4:16 pmNovember 9, 2025 1:29 pm

A discovery of 2,288 unattended ballot envelopes left at a ballot-replacement site in Maricopa County has sparked fresh political tension between the Maricopa County Recorder’s Office and the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, intensifying an ongoing legal dispute over election...

Kolodin, Hoffman Call Out Polling Place Chaos

November 5, 2025 11:39 amNovember 5, 2025 2:07 pm

Election integrity in Tucson dominated the Tuesday, November 5, 2026, episode of The Afternoon Addiction with Garret Lewis. He addressed claims of limited transparency and confusion surrounding Republican poll watchers and election observers in Pima County. Lewis opened the show...

Court Delivers Major Blow to Mayes’ So-Called ‘Fake Elector’ Case

September 23, 2025 10:52 amOctober 3, 2025 11:20 am

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes suffered another devastating legal setback this week when the Arizona Court of Appeals declined to hear her appeal in the alternate elector case, effectively forcing the entire prosecution back to square one. The Monday ruling...

Bolick Touts Privacy Chops in Wake of Ortiz Doxxing Referal

September 8, 2025 7:59 amSeptember 17, 2025 10:08 am

As the Senate Ethics Committee investigates a complaint against Senator Analise Ortiz (D-24) for posting about imminent ICE activity on social media, Ethics Chairwoman Shawnna Bolick (R-2) is highlighting her legislative authority regarding online privacy. Bolick noted that her work...

Hoffman, Petersen Refer Ortiz for Ethics Review

September 5, 2025 9:14 amSeptember 17, 2025 10:10 am

Senator Jake Hoffman has filed a formal ethics complaint against Senator Analise Ortiz in the aftermath of Ortiz notifying her constituents of an ongoing ICE action in her district on August 5, 2025, a practice that many call “doxxing.” Hoffman...