Jack Smith Goes West, Focuses on Arizona, as He Intensifies Pursuit of Trump in January 6 Probe

The special counsel’s inquiry heats up in the desert.

AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, file
President Trump at a Save America rally, July 22, 2022, at Prescott, Arizona. AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, file

Special Counsel Jack Smith’s subpoenaing of the office of the Arizona secretary of state in respect of efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election means that President Trump’s legal exposure is now nearly as wide as America. 

While the attentions of both Mr. Smith and District Attorney Fanni Willis have long centered on the actions of Mr. Trump and his allies in Georgia, and the special counsel has of late summoned Republican officials from Nevada, the Grand Canyon State could be the place where the heat on Mr. Trump reaches a boil.

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