A federal grand jury subpoenaed records from the Arizona Senate's debunked "audit" of the 2020 election in Maricopa County amid fears that the Trump administration will attempt to assert control over this year's midterms.

Why it matters: The audit, largely funded by groups loyal to President Trump and supportive of his false claims that he won Arizona in 2020, reached erroneous and inaccurate conclusions about the vote in Maricopa County.

State of play: Arizona Senate President Warren Petersen (R-Gilbert) wrote on X Monday morning that the Senate last week received and complied with a federal subpoena for audit records, which the FBI now has.

• The audit team made digital images of all ballots cast in Maricopa County in 2020, former Secretary of State Ken Bennett, who was involved with the effort, told Axios.
• Maricopa County hasn't received any federal subpoenas for election information.

The intrigue: The Arizona subpoena comes less than two months after the FBI raided an election office in Atlanta and seized related records as part of a criminal investigation into the 2020 vote.

• Arizona and Georgia, which former President Biden won in 2020, were both the focus of false and unsubstantiated claims by Trump and many of his supporters that the election was rigged.

Threat level: Some Democrats, including Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, have expressed concern that Trump might try to interfere with the 2026 elections.

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