Arizona’s former attorney general Mark Brnovich, suppressed findings by his investigators who concluded there was no basis for allegations that the 2020 election was marred by widespread fraud. That’s according to documents released Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023, by his successor, Kris Mayes. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File) Arizona’s attorney general office said they are investigating former President Trump’s comments about former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) as a death threat under state laws in a statement to The Hill. “I have already asked my criminal division chief to start looking at that statement, analyzing it for whether it qualifies as a death threat under Arizona’s laws,” Attorney General Kris Mayes told 12NEWS in Phoenix on Friday. “I’m not prepared now to say whether it was or it wasn’t, but it is not helpful as we prepare for our election and as we try to make sure that we keep the peace at our polling places and in our state,” the Democrat said during a taping of “Sunday Square Off.” In Arizona, intimidating statements or threats can warrant a Class 1 misdemeanor or Class 6 felony which can result in up to 4 months to 2 years in prison. Cheney also equated the former president’s comments to a death threat on Friday in a post on the social platform X. “This is how dictators destroy free nations,” she wrote. “They threaten those who speak against them with death.”
via thehill: Arizona attorney general investigating Trump’s rifle comments about Cheney