In a recent social media post, Representative Abe Hamadeh (R-AZ) welcomed the announcement that the Department of Justice's (DOJ) Civil Rights Division is sending election monitors to Arizona for the upcoming primary.
The Announcement
In a video posted to X, Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon announced that election monitors would be sent to Arizona, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, and Virginia.
Dhillon explains in the video that both Democratic and Republican administrations have sent election monitors to states in the past, and that it is "a great exercise of our oversight duty and enforcement duty to enforce the America Vote Act, the Voting Rights Act, and other civil rights statutes like the Civil Rights Act of 1960."
Moreover, Dhillon specifically cited Maricopa, Fairfax, Pima, and Apache counties in Arizona for monitoring.
Hamadeh's Response
In a reply to the video post, Rep. Hamadeh wrote, "Good to see Arizona on the list."
Additionally, Rep. Hamadeh called Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes "a former cartel lawyer, more focused on labeling 'election deniers' as fascists than on running a free and fair election."
The Arizona congressman appears to be referring to Fontes previously acting as a defense attorney for a straw gun buyer, Manuel Celis-Acosta, in 2011, which was President Barack Obama's "Operation Fast & Furious" scandal.
Hamadeh also attacked Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes as having been "illegitimately installed through a rigged election and cannot be trusted to prosecute election crimes."
This is not the first time Hamadeh has accused Mayes of winning the 2022 midterm election via voter fraud, having previously attempted to appeal the election results.
"The federal government must explore every avenue to ensure Arizonan officials conduct our elections with integrity," Hamadeh concluded.
Hamadeh vs. Sparkle Sooknanan
The Arizona congressman recently filed articles of impeachment against U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan, who ruled blocked the Trump administration from maintaining a centralized database containing Social Security numbers and citizenship data intended to verify voter eligibility.
"It was a blatant and unlawful subversion of the President's executive authority and a direct assault on election integrity. Judges who weaponize their bench to interfere with the President's constitutional duties must be held accountable," Hamadeh declared.
