Ariz. to certify election results after court ruling ordering Cochise County to certify results

FILE - Democratic Arizona Gov.-elect Katie Hobbs speaks at a victory rally, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022, in Phoenix. An Arizona judge on Thursday, Dec. 1, ordered Cochise County officials to certify the midterm election results by the end of the day. Hobbs filed suit Monday, as did a local voter and a group of retirees, arguing the supervisors are required by law certify the election, a process formally known as a canvass. Hobbs says she is required to hold the statewide certification on Dec. 5 and by law can delay it only until Dec. 8. (AP Photo/Matt York)Democratic Arizona Gov.-elect Katie Hobbs speaks at a victory rally, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022, in Phoenix. An Arizona judge on Thursday, Dec. 1, ordered Cochise County officials to certify the midterm election results by the end of the day. (AP Photo/Matt York)

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UPDATED 5:40 PM PT – Thursday, December 1, 2022

Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs has announced that the state will certify the 2022 midterm election results next week. This announcement comes after a judge ordered Cochise County to certify its count.

In a tweet on Thursday, Hobbs said the state’s certification will proceed as scheduled on Monday.

Today’s court decision was a win for Arizona’s democracy and ensures that all Arizonans will have their votes counted. Cochise County has been ordered to canvass today, and the state certification of the 2022 General Election will proceed as scheduled on Monday.

— Secretary Katie Hobbs (@SecretaryHobbs) December 1, 2022

At a hearing on Thursday, Pima County Superior Court Judge Casey McGinley issued an order from the bench for the County’s Board of Supervisors to convene and declare the results after they failed to meet the deadline earlier this week. Officials from the Republican controlled County are reportedly going to comply with the court order.

The Cochise County Board of Supervisors approved the primary election results by a 2-0 vote. Democratic Chairman, Ann English, and Republican Vice-Chairman Peggy Judd approved the vote while Republican Supervisor Tom Crosby was absent.

“So, I’ve had enough,” English said. “I think the publics had enough. So, I’m asking for a swift resolution of this if that’s possible.”

Rep. Lofgren: Interviews in front of J6 cmte finished

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 16: U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) (C), Chair of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol, presides over a hearing with J. Michael Luttig, former U.S. Court of Appeals judge for Fourth Circuit, and Greg Jacob, former counsel to Vice President Mike Pence, in the Cannon House Office Building on June 16, 2022 in Washington, DC. The bipartisan committee, which has been gathering evidence for almost a year related to the January 6 attack at the U.S. Capitol, is presenting its findings in a series of televised hearings. On January 6, 2021, supporters of former President Donald Trump attacked the U.S. Capitol Building during an attempt to disrupt a congressional vote to confirm the electoral college win for President Joe Biden. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)JUNE 16: U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) (C), Chair of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol, presides over a hearing with J. Michael Luttig, former U.S. Court of Appeals judge for Fourth Circuit, and Greg Jacob, former counsel to Vice President Mike Pence, in the Cannon House Office Building on June 16, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

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UPDATED 3:15 PM PT – Thursday, December 1, 2022

Democrat January 6th committee member Zoe Lofgren has announced that they are wrapping up interviews.

While speaking to CNN on Thursday, Lofgren (D-Calif.) said that committee has interviewed more than 1,000 witnesses over the course of the committee’s work. Lofgren went on to state that the committee would convene on Friday to discuss whether or not they want to seek criminal referrals for lawmakers who disobeyed the panel’s subpoenas and other cases. She assured that the case will have all of its final reports from the panel displayed to the public by December, 2022.

Zoe Lofgren says the Jan. 6 committee will release ALL of its evidence and transcripts but that the Justice Department won't get it until the rest of the public does. “Everything will be released,” Lofgren says. pic.twitter.com/o8yA6b5vZ2

— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) December 1, 2022

“We are going to release all the information we’ve collected so it cannot be selectively edited and spun,” she said.

Lofgren went on to blame the entirety of January 6th on Former President Donald J. Trump. She also warned that criminal referrals could still be forthcoming.

“Some witnesses were more enlightening than others, but it’s very clear that the former president engaged in a pressure campaign, some public, some private, to get people to overturn the results of the election,” Lofgren stated. “It really — a kind of a coup attempt, and that’s a very serious matter.”

The ending of interviews is somewhat surprising considering the committee also subpoenaed the 45th president to give a testimony. However, Trump defied the subpoena. It is not known whether or not the committee intends to pursue the matter further.