Former attorney general in key state withheld evidence debunking 2020 election fraud

In an interview with the Guardian on Wednesday, Mayes said her office discovered a bunch of unfulfilled records requests upon taking over in January. She also wanted to find any potential final report for the 2020 investigation, which was not found.

The investigation is considered closed, though there are hundreds more documents going through the redaction process that will be released once the office has completed that process.

The office under Brnovich spent about 10,000 hours on the investigation and each of its 60 investigators spent at least some time on it, the Post reported.

Mayes said she did not get any insight into why Brnovich did not release the information while he was in charge, saying Brnovich would need to answer that for himself. Brnovich did not respond to a request for comment.

The Post report compelled elections officials throughout the state to comment on the revelations, especially those who Brnovich had previously criticized publicly.

He pointed to the onslaught of threats and harassment the board, elections officials and election workers have faced while false claims of impropriety in the 2020 election lingered for years.