Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs (D) is seeking an ethics review into former state Attorney General Mark Brnovich amid allegations he buried findings from his office’s investigation into the 2020 election that showed there was no evidence of widespread fraud or misconduct.
In a letter sent to the Arizona State Board on Thursday, Hobbs requested state officials to investigate Brnovich, accusing him of “likely unethical conduct.” The request comes after it was reported earlier this week that Brnovich had withheld findings from his office’s investigation that showed there was no evidence of widespread voter fraud affecting the outcome of the 2020 election.
“This conduct — which is harmful to our democracy, our State, and 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,” Hobbs wrote. “I urge the State Bar to carefully review … and take any appropriate action.”“Katie Hobbs is wrong,” Brnovich told the Washington Examiner in a statement.
Investigators prepared a final report in March 2022 that found all claims of error were unsubstantiated, according to the documents. One month later, Brnovich, who was running for a Senate seat in Arizona at the time, released an “Interim Report” of the investigation that indicated his office discovered “serious vulnerabilities” with the 2020 election.
Brnovich’s office later compiled a final “Election Review Summary” in September that rejected claims of widespread voter fraud, citing that no group had evidence to back their allegations, according to the internal documents. The former attorney general never released the summary before leaving office last month.
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