The far-left States United Democracy Center (SUDC) provided a 47-page legal memo to Attorney General Kris Mayes on July 25, 2023, the Daily Signal reported last week, outlining a plan for her to prosecute the alternate electors for Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election and a few others associated with the effort.
Mayes is currently prosecuting most of those listed in the memo. Despite President-elect Donald Trump winning the 2024 election earlier this month, Mayes said she will not stop the prosecutions, unlike some other prosecutors who are backing off on their Trump-related prosecutions.
Brad Miller, the incoming Pinal County Attorney who is currently representing former Arizona Republican Party Chair Kelli Ward and her husband Michael Ward, told The Arizona Sun Times he believes that if the judge grants the defendants’ request for a hearing on their anti-SLAPP motion, there’s a good chance he will ultimately dismiss the case. The defendants said they believe the prosecution violates the state’s anti-SLAPP law, which prohibits using the courts to suppress the First Amendment. SLAPP stands for Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation.
He explained that if the judge grants a hearing, they can ask about the motivations of the prosecutors, which is not normally allowed in criminal trials. Miller said discovery on the SLAPP motion will reveal if there was collusion between Mayes’ office, the Biden administration, and SUDC. “They’re accusing Trump officials of colluding with their arguments but they’re doing the exact same thing,” he said.
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