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Friday, May 8, 2026

Arizona election conspirators could (should) be headed for jail - The Arizona Republic

Opinion: The new special prosecutor is looking into possible criminal liability for those who attempted to stage a coup and keep Donald Trump in office.

The failed coup attempt to keep former president Donald Trump in office was staged on several levels over a long period of time.

It wasn’t simply the day of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, which caused needless deaths and millions of dollars in damage.

There were also numerous, more subtle, just as sinister attacks on our democracy in states and counties all over the United States, including here.

A number of the Washington, D.C., rioters have been made to pay, some with lengthy jail sentences.

But it shouldn’t stop there.

Jack Smith is the new sheriff in town

I have a sense that special counsel Jack Smith, appointed by the attorney general to oversee the criminal investigations into the Jan. 6 insurrection as well as the holding of classified documents at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, won’t let it.

And it looks like his search for election fraud conspirators is taking him to election fraud central:Arizona.

Smith has subpoenaed officials in Arizona, Michigan and Wisconsin for communications with Trump, his campaign and his allies in the days following Jan. 6.We already know a lot about the skullduggery and intimidation that went on in Arizona.

What about Arizona's fake electors?

The House select committee looking into the insurrection has said in court that Arizona Republican Party Chair Kelli Ward “aided a coup...



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