By Howard Fischer | AZ Capitol Times
One of the defendants in the “fake electors” case wants Kris Mayes disqualified from pursuing it, even if she gets a new or renewed indictment.
That’s because the attorney for Christina Bobb claims there is a financial link between the attorney general and the group that prepared her report on how to bring the charges and prosecute the case. The Attorney General’s Office denies the link.
Thomas Jacobs contends that States United, through related organizations, indirectly provided $190,000 to a legal defense fund that Mayes had established to fight a court challenge by Republican Abe Hamadeh to her 2022 election. And Jacobs contends that there was a payment to Mayes to convince her to indict his client, Bobb, and 17 others on various charges related to a conspiracy to undermine the results of the 2020 presidential election.
