FBI Obtains Arizona Records in 2020 Election Probe
Is the FBI exposing election fraud or is Trump manufacturing a pretext to undermine democracy?
Above: Workers recounting ballots from the 2020 general election in Phoenix. Image credit: Courtney Pedroza/Getty Images
The Spin
Pro-Trump narrative
This is a major breakthrough in exposing widespread fraud from 2020, in the most corrupt state in the country. Federal investigators are expanding beyond Arizona and Georgia, finally pursuing violations of laws requiring administrators to follow state election procedures. Justice is coming for those who rigged and stole elections.
Anti-Trump narrative
The Trump administration continues to take these actions in order to justify a federal takeover of elections, pursuing debunked conspiracy theories that multiple audits and court proceedings have rejected. Arizona's elections have been proven free, fair and secure. Trump sees this as the only way to prevent a blue wave in the midterms.
