Arizona’s Attorney General Hasn’t Spoken to Rudy Giuliani’s Legal Counsel and Doesn’t Even Know If They Exist

The situation is “astonishing,” a former state attorney general said, with a court date less than a week away.

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Rudy Giuliani is set to appear in court in less than a week in the case related to Arizona’s fake elector scheme. But Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has not only not communicated with any legal counsel for the former mayor, her office does not even know if any exists.

“We are not aware of any counsel he may have in this case, and we have not had any contact with any legal counsel,” Richie Taylor, communications director for Mayes, told NOTUS.

In late April, an Arizona grand jury indicted 18 people — including Giuliani, former President Donald Trump’s former lawyer — in connection to their alleged attempts to prevent Joe Biden from rightfully being awarded Arizona’s electoral votes. Other defendants in the case include Trump’s former Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, former chair of the Arizona GOP Kelli Ward and former Trump campaign consultant Boris Epshteyn.