Court rules Arizona AG Kris Mayes illegally withheld information
From Tucson.com:
PHOENIX — Attorney General Kris Mayes acted illegally in withholding some information about communications her office had with States United Democracy Center, a group that provided information on how she could bring charges against “fake electors,” the state Court of Appeals has ruled.
The judges said that Mayes, in seeking to keep some documents from Judicial Watch, argued that they are protected by attorney-client privilege or that they fell into the area of being a work product. Both of those kinds of materials are generally exempt from the state’s public records law.
The new ruling does not mean Mayes will now have to turn over the documents to Judicial Watch, which describes itself as a “conservative nonpartisan educational foundation” that uses state and national public records law to investigate government activities. Its focus, in part, is on what it sees as election integrity and voter registration issues.
What it does mean is that, unless the ruling is overturned, Mayes now must go back and provide a more detailed description for Judicial Watch and for the trial judge of what documents were withheld — they appear to fall into the area of communications between her lawyers and people at States United — and exactly why she believes they are not subject to disclosure.
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