{"id":1948091,"date":"2023-06-15T13:15:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T17:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizona-lawmaker-files-complaint-demanding-investigation-into-democratic-governors-alleged-misuse-of-state-funds\/"},"modified":"2023-06-15T13:17:06","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T17:17:06","slug":"arizona-lawmaker-files-complaint-demanding-investigation-into-democratic-governors-alleged-misuse-of-state-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizona-lawmaker-files-complaint-demanding-investigation-into-democratic-governors-alleged-misuse-of-state-funds\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona lawmaker files complaint alleging Democratic governor misused state funds, demands investigation."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Farizona-lawmaker-files-complaint-demanding-investigation-into-democratic-governors-alleged-misuse-of-state-funds%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1948091&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0615\/73e2d585-f8c8-4781-a81e-80de71818fd4\/audio.mp3?length=2598669&#038;duration=217\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<h2>An Arizona State Representative Calls for Investigation into Governor&#8217;s Alleged Misuse of State Funds<\/h2>\n<p>An Arizona state representative has filed a complaint with the state\u2019s attorney general, urging an investigation into Governor Katie Hobbs&#8217;s alleged use of state funds to influence elections. This move comes after the representative sought legal guidance from Arizona attorney general Kristin Mayes in March, which was declined by Mayes, a Democrat.<\/p>\n<h3>Concerns Over Political Fundraising<\/h3>\n<p>In his initial request, the representative sought clarification on whether the governor-elect could raise money for political groups through a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizona-lawmaker-files-complaint-demanding-investigation-into-democratic-governors-alleged-misuse-of-state-funds\/\" title=\"Arizona lawmaker files complaint alleging Democratic governor misused state funds, demands investigation.\">state website promoting inaugural events<\/a>. Livingston argues that Hobbs used the state website, inauguration.az.gov, to raise funds for her inaugural ceremony, linking to a &#8220;Katie Hobbs Inauguration Fund&#8221; and providing options for contributions and sponsorships.<\/p>\n<h3>Allegations and Legal Disputes<\/h3>\n<p>The complaint alleges that Hobbs used the state website to raise money for the Arizona Democratic Party and a nonprofit entity called the Katie Hobbs Inaugural Fund. Records show that the Inaugural Fund paid a significant amount to the Elias Law Group, the firm that represented Hobbs in a complaint filed by her Republican opponent, Kari Lake, regarding the 2022 gubernatorial election.<\/p>\n<h2>Request for Investigation<\/h2>\n<p>Livingston argues that Mayes has the authority to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-disclosure-of-silent-fbi-raid-on-bidens-office-shows-deep-state-at-work\/\" title=\"New Disclosure Of Silent FBI Raid On Biden\u2019s Office Shows Deep State At Work\">investigate potential violations<\/a> of state law and cites a previous lawsuit filed by Mayes against Cochise County as an example. However, Mayes declined the request, citing &#8220;factual disputes&#8221; surrounding the matter.<\/p>\n<h2>Contested Election<\/h2>\n<p>Kari Lake, the Republican candidate endorsed by former President Trump, lost to Hobbs in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/specially-trained-capitol-hill-staffers-to-observe-closely-contested-elections\/\" title=\"Specially Trained Capitol Hill Staffers to Observe Closely Contested Elections\">closely contested election<\/a>. Since then, Lake has filed multiple lawsuits and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/he-hates-me-what-you-should-know-about-the-new-york-judge-assigned-to-trump-case\/\" title=\"He \u2018Hates Me\u2019: What You Should Know About The New York Judge Assigned To Trump Case\">legal challenges related<\/a> to the election.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Arizona state representative has lodged a complaint with the attorney general, urging an inquiry into Governor Katie Hobbs&#8217;s alleged misuse of state funds to influence elections. Republican representative David Livingston filed the complaint on June 14, after seeking legal advice from Arizona&#8217;s attorney general.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":1948092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[5299,4472,5668,4201,4009,5665,4543,4173,3976,3914,19581],"class_list":["post-1948091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times","tag-alleging","tag-arizona","tag-complaint","tag-demands","tag-democratic","tag-files","tag-funds","tag-governor","tag-investigation","tag-lawmaker","tag-misused"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1948091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1948091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1948091\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1948092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1948091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1948091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1948091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}