but kelly ward stayed on in her position as the gop chairwoman for years after this tyler boyer, one of these indicted individuals who was one of the fake electors is still, to this day, currently rnc committeeman, two of these people are still state legislators and folks will recall a 2021, the cyber ninjas, and kelly ward was at the forefront of that. i spent days at the fairgrounds where, of course, ballots were being as part of the forensic audits they were calling it and kelly ward was there, anthony current is one of the state legislators who was a volunteer for the forensic audit and, of course, they don't get into this indictment here but it just speaks to the length of the investigation that the particular crimes here, christina bob is another name that i would know here who was just last month brought on in a formal rule for this current election cycle by the rnc trump campaign operations to be a part of their senior counsel for election integrity. and so the folks that we are seeing the names of in the indictment, which is at the heart of kris mayes's statements, last year

in 2021, the cyber ninjas, kelly ward was at the forefront. i spent days at the foreground over the course of months, ballots were being -- called. kelli ward was there. anthony -- was a volunteer for the forensic audit. and of course, they do not get into this in the indictment. it because of the length of the investigation that hits at the particular crimes here. christina -- is another name i would know. just last month was brought onto a formal role for this current election cycle i the rnc trump campaign operations to be a part of their senior counsel for election integrity. the folks we are seeing the name of, at the heart of chris mayes's statements. in order to send a clear message about how election should not be tempered with -- it's for the purpose of future election. so many individuals are at the heart of the beating drum of how arizona elections are being run currently. >> we should note the arizona election 2024 -- carry lake is the republican nominee, or she is running for senate to fill the spot being vacated by kyrsten sinema

kelli ward, asked and answered part of my question was now asked -- i can come to you on this, andrewmp is apparently named as an unindicted coconspirator in this indictment. tell us what that means. >> so, that would mean he's not indicted, but you know, we saw that in the d.c. federal case where donald trump is indicted but there were many unindicted coconspirators who had different roles and that a number of us, including the media, figured out more or less who they were. it was clear rudy giuliani was one. >> who is who. >> exactly. now the reason they're not named is there's -- euphemism, put up or shut up. meaning, if you're a federal prosecutor or state prosecutor, grand jury is bringing charges, then you name the person. if they're not bringing charges, you do not name the person. michael cohen pleaded guilty, there was unindicted coconspirator, who is that? >> donald trump. >> from a prosecutor's point of view, if someone is committing a crime as michael cohen did for donald trump's benefit, not for his own, he wasn't sleeping with stormy daniels, no one alleged he was, he di

to kelli ward. all of these years later, these folks effectively took over the party, are still effectively running the party, there allies are the ones running for office here and there is little in kari lake's senate run here is evidence of this, it is the same allies of these very individuals that we are naming in this indictment here, along with folks like boris epshteyn, who is interested in this, who continues to be the lead counsel advisor, legal advisor for donald trump's 2024 campaign, all of these folks are still very much in the game. it is not just a matter of 2020 as a bygone era, making good on trying to bring justice to past actions, these are folks that are still intimately involved with what is happening over the next six months ahead of the 2024 elections. >> to that end, lisa, what do you foresee as the handshake between the georgia case and the arizona case, given the overlapping defendants in both? the fact that jenna ellis has pleaded out in georgia, does that suggest to you sh

kelly ward ran against jeff flake he was losing in polling to kelly wardment all of these years later these folks effectively took over the party. are still effectively running the party. and there is little evidence of this. it is the same allies these very individuals along with folks like boris epstein who is also indicted in this. who continue to be the lead counsel adviser. legal adviser for donald trump's 2024 campaign. they are all in it. trying to bring justice to past actions. but these are folks that are still intimately involved with what is happening over the next six months. >> what do you see as the handshake between the georgia case and the arizona case given the overlapping defendants in both? the fact that jenna ellis pleaded out in georgia. does that suggest to you she will plead out here? what can we map from georgia onto arizona? >> it is difficult to say. one thing that strikes me, the former president of the united states who is not a defendant here. that leaves many people scratching their heads as to why not. i will venture one guess. they will hear trump's pre

the indicted fake electors include kelli ward, who was chair of the arizona republican party, who was indicted with her husband michael ward as a fake elector. two republican members of the state legislature have been indicted, jacob hoffman and anthony kern. for anyone who still needs a lesson in how much your vote matters, the democratic attorney general of the state of arizona won her election by 280 votes, 280 votes out of 2.5 million votes cast. so if a couple hundred people didn't get to vote that day or voted differently in that election, we would not be reading these indictments tonight. tonight arizona's attorney general, kris mayes, announced the indictments. >> let me thank everyone for their patience as we conducted a thorough and professional investigation into the fake elector scheme in our state. i understand for some of you today didn't come fast enough and i know i'll be criticized by others for conducting this investigation at all, but as i have stated before and will say here again today, i will not allow american democracy to be undermined. we're here because justi

estan mark meadows, ex jefe de despacho de la casa blanca de trump, su ex abogado rudy giuliani y kelly warddel partido republicano en arizona durante las elecciones. >> esos son cargos por conspiracion, fraude y falsificacion por firmar un certificado asegurando que trump habia ganado en arizona seguimos en arizona donde esta mas cerca la posible de derogacion de una ley de 1864 que prohibe el aborto casi por completo, algo que su suprema corte confirmo al principios de mes la camara de representantes del estado aprobo con apoyo bipartidista el p proyecto que revoca esta ley de la epoca de la guerra civil, que castiga el aborto con hasta cinco anos de prision a quien lo realice o ayude a una mujer a obtenerlo ahora estan a la e espera de que el senado estatal vote la revocatoria el proximoy la condena por violacion contra javier weinstein en el fallo que abre la puerta a un nuevo miercoles y este jueves una corte de apelaciones de nueva york anulo la condena por violacion contra harvey weinstein en el fallo que abre la puerta a un nuevo juicio se alega que el juez que presidia el caso fue p

that includes kelly ward, who was the former head the republican party here in arizona, along with her husband, michael ward. but more importantly, these names that are redacted were wondering more about who those people are. they include, as you mentioned, rudy giuliani one the former personal attorney of donald trump, that includes former chief of staff, mark meadows, and it includes boris epshteyn, who is still a very close adviser to donald trump. in fact, sources have told us and people close to trump told us that the reason bores epstein hasn't been seen with trump in new york for the start of his criminal trial. there is because of concerns of this looming and died eight min. so come into fruition today. >> and so some of these defendants and some of these that you're naming boris obviously rudy giuliani, mark meadows, their names are redacted in the version that we have now because i understand there's still actually in the process of serving them. so when i say this is breaking, it's breaking to that level. is there anything else you can tell us about some of these redacted na

kelly ward then came on to end up becoming the republican party chairwoman.ne that led this effort, along with her husband, along with a guy named tyler boyar, who is the current rnc committee man from arizona and the chief operating officer of the charlie kirk group, turning point usa. he was acting as her number two, as a part of the scheme. if you look in the months that follow, it was the cyber ninjas, right? kelly ward was on the front lines of that at the arizona state fairgrounds, leading what they were calling a forensic audit of the ballots. of course, that was not a part of this indictment here. yet, kris mayes, upon winning her election in november 2022, committed to ensure that those individuals who sought these efforts in 2020 wouldn't be able to do so in future elections. each of these individuals is still very much involved in the ball game here, just six months out from the 2024 election, guys. >> yeah. >> vaughn, you're at an event with construction workers before donald trump goes to trial. tell me about it. >> reporter: yeah, he just left h

jeff flake dropped out because he was losing in polling to kelly ward, and so all these years later these folks effectively took over the party are still effectively running the party. their allies are the ones running for office here. andfo there's little in kari lake's senate run here in 2024 is evidence of this.of it's the same allies of these very individuals that we're naming in this indictment here along with folks like boris epstein, who's also unindicted in this, who continues to be the lead counsel advisor, legal advisor for a donald trump's 20 campaign. all these folks are still very muchlk in the game, so it's not justso a matter of 2020 it's a bygone era making good on tryino to bring justice to past actions but these are folks still inltimately involved what's happening in the next six months ahead of the 2024 election. >> just to that end what do you see aswh the handshake between e georgia case and arizona case given the overlapping defendants in both. the fact jenna ellis plead out in georgia, does that suggest she's going to pleades out here? what can we map from arizona

they include kelly ward. the chair of the arizona republican party indicted along with her husband michael word. two republicans indicted as fake electors. for fin who still leads a lesson in how much your vote matters, the democratic attorney general of the state of arizona won her election by 280 votes. tonight, arizona's attorney general announced the indictments. >> hi, i'm arizona attorney general kris mayes. let me start by thanking everyone for your patience as we conducted a thorough and professional investigation over the past 13 months into the fake elector's scheme in our state. i will not allow american democracy to be undermined. we are here because justice demands an answer to the efforts the defendants and other unindicted coconspirators allegedly took undermine the will of arizona's voters during the 2020 presidential election. they chemod to prevent the unlawful transfer of the presidency. raised false claims of widespread voter fraud in arizona to pressure elections officials to change the o

among the people facing charges, kelly ward, the former head of the arizona gop, and two state lawmakers, key trump allies also indicted including rudy giuliani and mark meadows. donald trump is of course already facing 88 criminal charges in four separate jurisdictions and in less than 12 hours he will be back in court for another day of testimony in his new york criminal trial. at the same time, some of his other attorneys will appear in front of the supreme court on his behalf. tomorrow, the court will hear arguments related to trump's claim that he has total presidential immunity meaning that he is shielded from prosecution in a federal election interference case. it is trump's latest tactic to delay the jack smith's case and so far, the supreme court has not made much effort to resolve it quickly. in the north new york case, we are still waiting on a decision from judge mershon about whether trump violated his gag order. we are also expecting to hear more testimony from david pecker, former friend and ally of new york trump. >> so much has happened. a lot of people are going wait a

it's extensive and hits at the core of major players, including former gop chairwoman kelly ward involved and tyler boyar, and the chief operating officer of the charlie kirk organization, turning point usa. >> and what impact do you think that would have, very quickly, vaughn, on arizona and the republican efforts in arizona, a critical state, a critical swing state now in 2024? >> reporter: the republican party has struggled to regain its credibility among the electorate. for three election cycles in a row now, arizona voters have voted far democrat for the u.s. senate. they also voted for a democrat for the white house. joe biden in 2020. and in 2022, they won every statewide office except a superintendent of public instruction. that was the democratic party. for this, the republican party, it's just another dagger. another difficult set of headlines, and another expense, frankly, legal expense that the arizona republican party is going to have to deal with at a time that they would like to be focused on winning in november's election six months from now. the trump campaign, the rnc, t