Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is planning to secure a new indictment against several allies of President Donald Trump accused of participating in efforts to overturn the state’s 2020 election results, reviving a high-profile case that had been dismissed on procedural grounds. The new indictment would reassert allegations that Trump advisers, attorneys, and Republican activists participated in a scheme to submit false documents claiming Trump had won Arizona’s 2020 presidential election despite former President Joe Biden’s victory in the state. The filing comes after a Maricopa County judge threw out the original indictment in May 2025, ruling prosecutors failed to adequately instruct grand jurors on provisions of the federal Electoral Court Act before seeking charges. The Arizona Supreme Court refused to take up the attorney general’s appeal, prompting Mayes’s office to take the case back to a new grand jury rather than abandon it.
At the time of the initial indictment, Mayes said the charges demonstrate her office’s commitment to holding accountable those who attempted to interfere with Arizona’s election process. She called the alleged conduct an effort to undermine the will of Arizona voters.
