Trump allies’ efforts to overturn 2020 election is now focus of Arizona grand jury probe

Prosecutors in Arizona have issued grand jury subpoenas to multiple people involved in Donald Trump's 2020 presidential campaign.

The subpoenas are reportedly the latest move in the effort to indict individuals involved in the former president's «alternate elector» scheme. The gambit would have involved states in which Mr Trump lost — but where Republicans controlled the state house — assigned an «alternate» slate of electors to issue the state's electoral college votes. Their jobs would have been to vote for Mr Trump, defying the will of the state's voters in the process.

Mr Trump and 18 of his allies are currently facing racketeering conspiracy charges in Fulton County, Georgia, for similar alleged scheming.

The fresh subpoenas in Arizona were first reported by Politico. Six people, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed the subpoenas to the outlet.

It is currently unclear if Attorney General Kris Mayes, a Democrat, is going to attempt to charge Mr Trump's national campaign or if her investigation is primarily focused on Arizona Republicans who falsely presented themselves as electors in 2020.

She did tell CNN in November that her investigation is «robust».

Several of Mr Trump's 2020 allies in Arizona also are involved in the state GOP or hold office.

Kelli Ward is a former GOP chairwoman, and both Jake Hoffman and Anthony Kern are state senators. All three are among the 11 Republicans who posed as electors in 2020.

Arizona is not the only state to explore possible charges against Mr Trump's fake electors.

Attorneys general in Michigan and Nevada have also charged Republicans who posed as electors in 2020.

Kenneth Chesebro, one of Mr Trump's former attorneys, has pleaded guilty to his role in the fake