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Allies of Donald Trump who were charged in Arizona for illegally trying to overturn the 2020 election can still expect to face justice despite his return to the White House, the state's attorney general has said. Kris Mayes told MSNBC on Sunday that she had "no intention" of dropping the criminal case against defendants including the former Trump lawyers Rudy Giuliani and Christina Bobb, his former chief of staff Mark Meadows and senior officials of the Arizona Republican party such as the former chair Kelli Ward and state senators Anthony Kern and Jake Hoffman. A grand jury in April indicted 18 people in a "fake electors" scheme that sought to falsely declare Trump the winner in the crucial swing state instead of Joe Biden.
Most pleaded not guilty in May to felony charges of fraud, forgery and conspiracy. The fates of various criminal cases pending against Trump and his allies were left uncertain after his defeat of Kamala Harris in the 5 November election. For instance, the US justice department is winding down its criminal cases in federal court against Trump.
In New York, state court judge Juan Merchan is preparing to rule on whether Trump's conviction on charges of criminally falsifying business records to cover up hush-money payments to the adult film actor Stormy Daniels should be tossed out. But Mayes has said she intends to stay the course with her office's case. "I have no intention of breaking that case up.
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