Kris Mayes – California Globe

Former AZ Rep Austin Smith to Be Sentenced for Petition Forgery

November 20, 2025 10:12 amNovember 20, 2025 10:12 am

Former Arizona State Representative Austin Smith, a Republican who represented Legislative District 29 from 2023 to 2025 and a former senior director at Turning Point Action, is scheduled to be sentenced on January 6, 2026, after pleading guilty to charges...

AZ Senate President Signals Impeachment Readiness Amid Pay-to-Play, Prosecutorial Allegations Against Hobbs and Mayes

November 18, 2025 8:19 amNovember 18, 2025 8:28 am

Arizona Senate President Warren Petersen escalated the political stakes in Phoenix on Friday, declaring that Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs and Attorney General Kris Mayes now face “disturbing allegations” of impeachable conduct. In a sharply worded post on X, Petersen said:...

AZ Rep Hamadeh Urges DOJ to Investigate Democrat Attorneys General Association

November 17, 2025 11:43 amNovember 17, 2025 11:43 am

Congressman Abe Hamadeh (AZ-08) is calling on U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate allegations of a bribery and prosecutorial misconduct scheme involving the Democrat Attorneys General Association (DAGA) and the States United Democracy Center (SUDC) cofounded by attorney Marc...

AZ Speaker Montenegro Forms House Advisory Team to Investigate Governor Hobbs’ Pay-to-Play Scandal at DCS

November 14, 2025 3:20 pmNovember 14, 2025 3:26 pm

Arizona House Speaker Steve Montenegro announced Thursday evening that legislative leaders will launch an investigation into Governor Katie Hobbs’ Department of Child Safety, following an Arizona Republic report alleging a pay-to-play scheme within the agency. A trove of documents and...

Whistleblower Drops Bombshell: Arizona Trump-Elector Prosecutions Tied to National Democrat Operation

November 13, 2025 11:29 amNovember 13, 2025 11:29 am

A whistleblower memorandum authored by attorney Christina Bobb and released by Judicial Watch alleges that the Arizona prosecution of Trump’s 2020 alternate electors was part of a broader, politically coordinated effort involving the Democratic Attorneys General Association (DAGA) and affiliated...

Rep-Elect Adelita Grijalva and AZ AG Sue Speaker Johnson, House of Representatives

October 25, 2025 4:45 pmOctober 25, 2025 4:49 pm

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes and Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ) filed a federal lawsuit on Oct. 21 against the U.S. House of Representatives, seeking to compel the swearing of Grijalva following her victory in a special election for Arizona’s 7th...

Arizona Rep Blows Whistle on Election Scandal That Could Jeopardize 2026 Midterms

September 16, 2025 9:00 amSeptember 16, 2025 9:00 am

Arizona faced a digital invasion that should have sent shockwaves through the halls of every election office statewide just two months ago, but it didn’t. In July 2025, pro-Iranian hackers breached the Arizona Secretary of State’s (SOS) Candidate Portal, defacing...