Maricopa County 2020 information taken by FBI, Arizona lawmaker says : NPR

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Ross D. Franklin/AP Arizona's state Senate president says he has complied with a subpoena he acquired final week searching for information from a flawed assessment of the 2020 election in Maricopa County.

"Late final week I acquired and complied with a federal grand jury subpoena for information referring to the Arizona State Senate's 2020 audit of Maricopa County," Warren Petersen, a Republican, wrote on X on Monday. "The FBI has the information."

The FBI has not instantly responded to NPR's request for remark.

Jason Berry, a spokesperson for the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, informed member station KJZZ it hasn't acquired a subpoena. "Maricopa County runs elections in accordance with the legislation. We've got not acquired a subpoena presently however will cooperate if that had been to happen," Berry stated. The Maricopa County recorder's workplace additionally stated it hadn't acquired a subpoena and referred inquiries to the state Senate president.

The broadly discredited GOP-led assessment — which was launched by the earlier state Senate president, and adopted baseless fraud claims within the essential swing county — confirmed President Trump's loss there.

The Arizona information follows the FBI in late January seizing 2020 election supplies from Georgia's Fulton County. That affidavit supporting that seizure relied on debunked claims.