Arizona Appeals Court Appeals Court Forces AG Mayes to Justify Withholding Election Records

Arizona Appeals Court Appeals Court Forces AG Mayes to Justify Withholding Election Records

The Arizona Court of Appeals has vacated a lower court ruling and remanded a public records case involving Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes and Judicial Watch for further proceedings, according to a decision filed April 29, 2026. The case, Judicial Watch, Inc. v. Mayes (No. 2 CA-CV 2025-0322), was heard in Division Two of the Arizona Court of Appeals. The appellate court’s disposition states the case was “vacated and remanded” to the lower co…

Mayes won't appeal ruling that her office broke public records law over Judicial Watch request

Attorney General Kris Mayes in January 2023. Photo by Gage Skidmore (modified) | Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0An appellate court ruled that Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes’s office broke the law when it gave a conservative advocacy group almost no information about dozens of emails and documents it said weren’t public records. The court also found that the Attorney General’s Office failed to justify redacting names from one document and inadequately s…

Court says Mayes mishandled records request

An appeals court ruled Kris Mayes failed to properly justify withholding records tied to a fake electors investigation, requiring her office to provide more detailed explanations.

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Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes won’t appeal a ruling that her office broke public records law when it gave a conservative advocacy group almost no information about dozens of emails and documents it said weren’t public records.