Newly uncovered records reveal Governor Katie Hobbs and Attorney General Kris Mayes secretively outsourced their governmental authority to a leftist organization in Washington, D.C.
That organization, States United Democracy Center (SUDC), provided legal counsel representation and advice for both Hobbs and Mayes’ offices.
Last winter, investigative reporting uncovered Mayes’ reliance on a plan from SUDC to prosecute President Donald Trump’s supporters. SUDC delivered the 50-page plan to the attorney general’s office in the summer of 2023.
Unfortunately for Mayes, a judge recently ruled she would have to redo her case against Trump’s 2020 electors for omitting key facts to the grand jury.
SUDC, formerly the Voter Protection Program, was featured prominently in mainstream media coverage following the 2020 election as the “shadow cabal” that ensured Trump’s loss that year. The organization has received tens of millions in dark money funding.
SUDC was founded in 2020 as a secretive campaign to defeat Trump by Norm Eisen, former President Barack Obama’s special counsel for ethics and government reform — media and the public dubbed him the “Ethics Czar.” Eisen was also a “critical” player in Trump’s first impeachment: he built the case against the president while serving as special counsel to the House Judiciary Committee.
Of note, former Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer and former Governor Janet Napolitano both sit on SUDC’s advisory board currently.
SUDC’s first advisory board included the former Arizona attorney general Grant Woods (now deceased) and the former Phoenix Police Department chief of police Jeri Williams.
The recently uncovered records outlining SUDC’s involvement with Hobbs and Mayes also revealed Hobbs relied on SUDC to assist her in her work as secretary of state prior to taking on the governorship, hiring them three times over the course of two years.
As part of these agreements, SUDC advised Hobbs and Mayes they could destroy public records and were not obligated to yield their records in accordance with public records laws.
“When our representation of you concludes, we expect, in most cases, to retain only those materials which we would otherwise produce to you, as described above: communications with you or opposing counsel, pleadings that were filed on your behalf, and original documents received from you. Internal States United communications about your matter, internal administrative material related to your matter, research notes, and/or communications other than those with you or opposing counsel may be destroyed in our sole discretion and consistent with our document preservation policies. By executing this agreement, you agree to give up any right that may obligate us to retain materials beyond those set out above. […] You understand and agree that States United has not and is not providing you with advice about the interpretation of any applicable laws relating to what records may be required to be maintained as a result of applicable state or local law and that it is your responsibility to ensure that the provisions of this agreement comply with any obligations you may have under any such law or laws.”
State Representative Alexander Kolodin, who led the investigation that yielded the documents, issued a statement denouncing the alleged corruption.
“Governor Hobbs and Attorney General Mayes have betrayed Arizonans by allowing radical, dark-money activists to infiltrate and weaponize Arizona’s government,” said Kolodin. “This corrupt collusion must be exposed. The people deserve answers, transparency, and immediate accountability.”
Kolodin reported both Hobbs and Mayes have refused to produce further records on the matter of their relationship with SUDC.
The Right are not allowed to protest. If we do, it is called an insurrection and we go to jail. Not the Left, they get to kill Jews and are praised for it. Gross and inconceivable!
Meanwhile, they go after small towns for open meeting violations!
The Left knows AZ is on the cusp of a radical “reversion to the mean”….i.e. a snap-back to conservative norms. It will be buttressed by all the new investment here in tech, and the growth of Phoenix, which is becoming a “world city”, where bright capable people want to live, work, play, have families and excel. There will be less and less room for whiney parasites and professional loser/victims… people will simply come to realize how pathetic these dipwads are in the midst of the all the opportunity surrounding them. Tucson, however is a completely differnet story, and should be DEFUNDED, with a physical bypass built around it.
And Stephen Richer’s name is attached, once more. Keep looking. The Maricopa Board of Supervisors is probably involved too.
Recall time people!
The corruption on the left goes so deep. These criminal taxpayer funded left wing NGOs are essentially communist democrat arms of government.
No surprise Hobbs and Mayes, the illegitimate office holders, are involved with them.
A bunch of election riggers.
Very simply, who is running AZ? Its certainly not the Hobbit or her right hand woman. Gee, could it be the dark money from the left…..Welcome to Cal/AZ people, the liberals are here and mean to take over in the next two or three years and if the republicans don’t get their act together, AZ will be blue by 28 or 29.
It has been Blue for quite some time already. There is no way to return from that. The average AZ voter is not that smart to realize that.
this law system obstructionist is the active overthrow of the United States in action, we are at war with ourselves – “they” want it to be a leftist nation; with all it entails – evil of heart – Godless of Heart – this is what Mystery Babblyon looks like, acts like, feels like.. dead children – chaos – evil ‘self indulgence and mindset’ these two are combatants in this war – their goal to bring down the nation. This is what Civil War looks like in 2025 – sometimes it becomes kinetic burning businesses and cars – they are now going after JEWS – it’s not going to improve; this is the beginning of the last days – the arrival of sorrows
Multiple articles and headlines over weeks and when will we ever see ANYTHING happen to either one of these elected officials? While it’s commendable someone is looking into the nefarious actions of the two POSs running the State, when will we ever read any reported accountability and/or consequences for either one?
Yes, and where are the masses of people protesting on the streets and demanding their resignations like people do in European democracies? People are complicit or approve these.
Republicans don’t do street protests. That’s the Antifa way. Republicans protest with their votes. Hobbs’ current term as Governor ends in 2027. And her prospects for reelection in 2026 aren’t all that good. I believe she will have to move back to her cave afterwards. And she will probably need to lawyer up, too.
reason enough.. do’n the rope a dope – give them unrelenting PRESSURE – unrelenting!