2020 file photo /Capitol Media Services photo by Howard Fischer
By: Nick Phillips | Arizona Capitol Times
Once derided as “useless” by figures near Donald Trump for shooting down election conspiracy theories, Attorney General Mark Brnovich has maintained a cautious silence as he faces another round of calls for action from his own party related the 2020 election audit.
“We’re now anxiously waiting for Attorney General Brnovich and hopefully he’s going to do his job,” Trump said at a rally in Florence on January 15, saying he was counting on Brnovich to turn up widespread fraud in the 2020 election. “I think he’s a good man, I think he’s going to do his job – we’ll find out. I think it’s a very easy job to do, because anybody with any common sense is going to look, they’re going to take a look, and they’re going to say this was a total fraud.”
As Trump spoke, Brnovich, who’s seeking the Republican nomination in Arizona’s U.S. Senate race, posted a photo of the two smiling and flashing a thumbs-up and peace sign. “Great to have you in Arizona Mr. President!” he wrote in a Tweet.
Brnovich’s office has declined to say whether the AG is looking into allegations around the 2020 election, though there’s evidence that the AG is undertaking some kind of probe. Former Maricopa County Recorder Adrian Fontes revealed that, in October, investigators from Brnovich’s office interviewed him about the 2020 contest.
But the AG hasn’t always kept mum on election fraud allegations.
