Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes reportedly entered into a contract with a partisan group run by a man considered a media expert on the legal challenges faced by President-elect Donald Trump to organize its case against the alternative electors who helped Trump contest the 2020 election in Arizona.
The documents were shared to the social media platform X on Sunday by pro-Trump attorney Jeff Clark, who Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis charged for his role in Trump’s 2020 election contest in that state.
Clark wrote in posts to X, “I’ve come into the possession of documents showing that the Arizona AG Office is working on its election lawfare with the group founded by JournoLawfare™ and color revolution leader Norm Eisen.”
The document posted by Clark purports to be a contract established between the States United Democracy Center (SUDC) and Mayes’ office that was signed by the attorney general’s chief of staff on May 15, 2023.
According to the letter, SUDC legal representative Christine Sun told Mayes’ office the group would “advise the Arizona Attorney General’s Office in connection with legal strategies to ensure the integrity and security of elections,” for free.
The contract reveals SUDC would also provide the services of its paralegals and other attorneys pro bono.
Clark posted the contract after it was revealed in November that SUDC created a 47-page memo for Mayes in July 2023, offering a thorough plan for the attorney general to prosecute those who helped Trump contest the election results four years ago.
SUDC was founded by attorney Norm Eisen, who served as special counsel for Congress during the first attempt to impeach Trump, and whose website describes him as being “at the very pinnacle” of legal commentators covering the president-elect’s legal challenges. The group was behind the complaint that led to the disbarment of pro-Trump attorney John Eastman in California.
Mayes ultimately indicted 18 people over the election contest, including 11 Arizonans who served as alternative electors to the Electoral College to preserve the president-elect’s legal challenge in April 2024.
The Arizona Sun Times contacted Mayes’ office to confirm the contract’s authenticity but did not receive an immediate response.
Mayes’ office also did not provide an immediate response when asked how the attorney general came into contact with SUDC, whether the group continues to advise the attorney general’s office, and when asked if there are more similar agreements between Mayes’ office and other organizations.
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Tom Pappert is the lead reporter for The Tennessee Star, and also reports for The Pennsylvania Daily Star and The Arizona Sun Times. Follow Tom on X/Twitter. Email tips to [email protected].
Photo “Kris Mayes” by Kris Mayes.
