WaPo: Attorney General ‘Nunchucks’ Perpetuated Election Denier Claims His Office Had Dismissed (Updated)

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I have told you repeatedly that former Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich aka “Nunchucks” (or is it numbnuts?) was abusing the power of his office to engage in a political coverup to protect election denier Republicans – such as the two groups of fake GQP electors – whom his office never prosecuted for their illegal actions.

In a breaking news report at the Washington Post this morning, Arizona’s top prosecutor concealed records debunking election fraud claims (currently behind a paywall for subscribers), this misconduct is confirmed.

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Rick Hasen summarizes at Election Law Blog, “Arizona’s top prosecutor concealed records debunking election fraud claims; Newly released documents show how Republican Mark Brnovich publicized an incomplete account of his office’s probe of the 2020 election in Maricopa County”:

WaPo:

Nearly a year after the 2020 election, Arizona’s then-attorney general Mark Brnovich launched an investigation into voting in the state’s largest county that quickly consumed more than 10,000 hours of his staff ‘s time.

Investigators prepared a report in March 2022 stating that virtually all claims of error and malfeasance were unfounded, according to internal documents reviewed by The Washington Post. Brnovich, a Republican, kept it private.

In April, the attorney general — who was running in the GOP primary for a U.S. Senate seat —released an “Interim Report” claiming that his office had discovered “serious vulnerabilities.” He left out edits from his own investigators refuting his assertions.

His office then compiled an “Election Review Summary” in September [after his August primary loss] that systematically refuted accusations of widespread fraud and made clear that none of the complaining parties — from state lawmakers to self-styled “election integrity” groups — had presented any evidence to support their claims. Brnovich left office last month without releasing the summary.

That timeline emerges from documents released to The Post this week by Brnovich’s successor, Kris Mayes, a Democrat. She said she considered the taxpayer-funded investigation closed and, earlier this month, notified leaders on Maricopa County’s governing board that they were no longer in the state’s crosshairs.

The records show how Brnovich used his office to further claims about voting in Maricopa County that his own staff considered inaccurate. They suggest that his administration privately disregarded fact-checks provided by state investigators while publicly promoting incomplete accounts of the office’s work. The innuendo and inaccuracies, circulated not just in the far reaches of the internet but with the imprimatur of the state’s attorney general, helped make Arizona an epicenter of distrust in the democratic process, eroding confidence not just in the 2020 vote but in subsequent elections.

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has an obligation to file a bar complaint with the Arizona Bar Association for disciplinary action against Mark Brnovich for his abuse of office and his unethical misconduct as a lawyer. As I have said many times, Nunchucks should be disbarred and never permitted to practice law again.

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2 thoughts on “WaPo: Attorney General ‘Nunchucks’ Perpetuated Election Denier Claims His Office Had Dismissed (Updated)”

  1. Since now former Attorney General Numbnuts denied Arizona citizens the electoral truth by sitting on his own staff’s findings, is that grounds for disbarment?

    • I would argue it is, but the State Bar of Arizona has wimped out on holding any of Trump’s attorneys who brought frivolous lawsuits to overturn the 2020 election accountable. IOKIYAR. Wouldn’t want to upset Republicans in the legislature who would cut off the State Bar’s power and funding now, would we?

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