GOP Reps Call on DOJ to Affirm Commitment to Election Integrity in Arizona

Four Republican lawmakers called on the DOJ to affirm its commitment to election integrity as Maricopa County carries out an audit of the 2020 election.

(left-right) U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) arrives at the Capitol in Washington, on May 13, 2021. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images); Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) in the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Dec. 12, 2019. Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images

Four Republican lawmakers on Monday called on the Department of Justice (DOJ) to affirm its commitment to election integrity in Arizona, as Maricopa County carries out an audit of the 2020 presidential election.

Reps. Matt Gaetz of Florida and Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia signed a letter (pdf) alongside Reps. Andy Biggs and Paul Gosar of Arizona, calling on Pamela Karlan, principal deputy assistant attorney general with the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, to allow the audit of ballots in the state’s most populous county to continue without disturbance.