Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, reportedly ordered an ethics probe into the state’s former Republican Attorney General Mark Brnovich into his handling of 2020 election fraud allegations.
“Recent reporting and documents released by the Arizona Attorney General’s Office has exposed what is likely unethical conduct by former Attorney General Mark Brnovich,” Hobbs’ general counsel, Bo Dul, wrote to Chief Bar Counsel Maret Vessella in a letter Friday obtained by The Washington Post.
“This conduct – which is harmful to our democracy, our State, and the legal profession itself – appears to have coincided with the time in which Mr. Brnovich and other attorneys in his Office were actively negotiating and then participating in a diversion agreement with the State Bar in regard to File No. 20-2188 and related matters,” the letter says. Dul urges the State Bar to “carefully review” files published on the state attorney general’s website and “take any appropriate action.”
On Wednesday, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes, a Democrat who narrowly defeated Republican Abraham Hamadeh after a recount of votes in December in one of the closest elections in state history, released documents related to the investigations into the handling of the 2020 election.
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Former Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich has defended his office’s handling of 2020 election fraud allegations. (AP Photo/Bob Christie, File)
“The results of this exhaustive and extensive investigation show what we have suspected for over two years – the 2020 election in Arizona was conducted fairly and accurately by elections officials,” Attorney Mayes said in a statement. “The ten thousand plus hours spent diligently investigating every conspiracy theory under the sun distracted this office from its core mission of protecting the people of Arizona from real crime and fraud.”
The Post reported that such documents showed Brnovich kept a March 2022 report stating that “virtually all claims of error and malfeasance were unfounded” private.
Then in April, while running in the GOP primary for a U.S. Senate seat, he released an interim report claiming his office discovered “serious vulnerabilities,” allegedly leaving out edits from his own investigators refuting those claims.
“Katie Hobbs is wrong,” Brnovich said in a statement, dismissing the allegations. “This is another misguided attempt by her to defame…
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