The senators on the Judiciary Committee voted 4-3 along party lines to open the inquiry, with Republicans voting in favor.
CAITLIN SIEVERS
Arizona Mirror
The state Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to open a special inquiry into Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes for allegations that she has failed to enforce state law and engaged in “witch hunts” against local officials.
And, of course, the chairman of the committee is a target of one of Mayes’ investigations.
“Over the last year, there’s been a flood of questionable activity from the Attorney General’s Office, and I think it’s time to take a serious look at what’s going on over there,” said Sen. Anthony Kern, the committee chair.
Kern, a Glendale Republican, accused Mayes, a Democrat, of abusing her constitutional authority by refusing to enforce a state law that bans trans girls from competing in girls sports and for what he claimed was her prosecution of local officials for the way they vote on certain issues.
Kern did not go into specifics about Mayes’ alleged “witch hunt” against local officials, but it’s likely he was referring to the indictments of Cochise County Supervisors Peggy Judd and Tom Crosby for delaying their certification of the 2022 general election. The supervisors faced intense pressure not to certify from some members of the public who claimed, without evidence, that many of the Republicans in statewide races lost due to fraud.
The senators on the Judiciary Committee voted 4-3 along party lines to open the inquiry, with Republicans voting in favor.
