Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes will again attempt to bring charges against allies of President Donald Trump after the state Supreme Court refused to revive her earlier indictment.
Mayes' office said Thursday that the matter will go back before a grand jury, according to Politico, and declined further comment.
The move follows a setback for Mayes, a Democrat, whose original prosecution was derailed after a judge reportedly found a flaw in how the case was presented to the grand jury.
At issue was whether prosecutors properly supplied jurors with the exact language of the law that defendants were accused of trying to violate. A lower court said they did not, and the Arizona Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to overturn that ruling.
The original indictment named several Trump associates, including former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, attorney John Eastman, and Republican activists who acted as alternate electors in Arizona after the 2020 election.
Trump was not charged, though prosecutors identified him as an unindicted co-conspirator.
Mayes' case centered on allegations that Trump allies sought to challenge the state's 2020 election results through an alternate-elector effort. Prosecutors alleged that the plan involved fraud and forgery related to documents sent to Congress.
The Arizona prosecution is part of a broader series of Democrat-led criminal cases tied to challenges to the 2020 election.
In Georgia, a case that included criminal charges against Trump was thrown into turmoil after Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis was disqualified from the prosecution.
Former special counsel Jack Smith's federal case against Trump was dismissed after Trump won the 2024 presidential election.
In Michigan, a judge dismissed charges against alternate electors after finding they were not the driving force behind the alleged scheme.
Cases involving alternate electors are still pending in Nevada and Wisconsin.
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