Democracy Dies in Darkness

FBI obtains voting data from Arizona GOP’s 2020 review that confirmed Trump’s loss

A federal grand jury in Arizona has subpoenaed records from a review Republican lawmakers conducted of the 2020 presidential results that confirmed Trump lost.

A voter casts a ballot at a secure drop box at the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center in 2022 in Phoenix. The county's ballots from 2020 were the subject of an outside review in 2021. (Matt York/AP)

A federal grand jury in Arizona has subpoenaed records from a review that Republican lawmakers conducted of the 2020 presidential results and that confirmed President Donald Trump lost.

The subpoena opened a new front in the Trump administration’s expanding hunt for evidence that has never surfaced to support the president’s claims of widespread fraud. The law enforcement steps have alarmed election officials and Democrats who fear that the administration is building an argument for interfering in this year’s midterm elections.

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