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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Politics
Glory Moralidad

FBI Expands Probe into Arizona's 2020 Election Audit Despite Confirmation of Biden's Victory

Arizona’s election records are handed to the FBI amid ongoing investigations, despite multiple audits confirming Biden’s 2020 victory. (Credit: Wikimedia Commons)

Arizona Senate President Warren Petersen has confirmed that he has complied with a federal grand jury subpoena, handing over records from the controversial 2021 audit of Maricopa County's 2020 election results. This move marks a significant expansion of the Trump administration's efforts to relitigate the 2020 election, following a similar FBI raid in Fulton County, Georgia, in late January.

While the Republican-led Arizona audit, famously conducted by the firm Cyber Ninjas, was marred by partisan bias and unconventional methods, such as searching for 'bamboo fibres,' its final report actually affirmed Joe Biden's victory, even finding 360 additional votes for him.

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