WASHINGTON, DC – Attorney General Kris Mayes is calling out Republican nominee for Attorney General Warren Petersen for openly campaigning with Rev. Jarrett Maupin who AG Mayes is actively prosecuting for fraud.

As reported by the Arizona Mirror, “Phoenix civil rights activist Rev. Jarrett Maupin was indicted earlier this year on nine felony counts that include allegations of check fraud dating back to 2022… Several companies being sued or prosecuted by the Attorney General’s Office have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to boost Petersen’s campaign.”

Petersen campaigning with Maupin, along with accepting donations from businesses who have been sued or prosecuted by Mayes for breaking the law and endangering Arizonans, shows exactly how untrustworthy Petersen and his claims to protect Arizonans are.

Key Highlights: 

• “‘Warren Petersen is asking Arizonans to trust him as their next Attorney General while campaigning alongside an indicted fraudster and taking hundreds of thousands of dollars from companies Attorney General Mayes is holding accountable,’ the campaign said in a statement to the Arizona Mirror. ‘That tells you everything you need to know about whose side Warren Petersen would be on. Kris Mayes works for the people of Arizona. Warren Petersen is showing us who he works for.’”
• “This isn’t Maupin’s first run in with legal trouble. In 2008, Maupin accused then-Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon of having sex with a minor and prompted an investigation by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office. Gordon and Sheriff Joe Arpaio had been feuding at the time, and Maupin was an ally of Arpaio’s.”
• “...[Maupin] eventually confessed to fabricating the story and was charged with a misdemeanor, which was later dropped. In 2009, the U.S. Department of Justice indicted him for telling the same lies to the FBI; he ultimately pleaded guilty and was given probation. Later, he served a month in prison after having his probation revoked.”
• “Maupin has also been accused of asking victims of police violence for cash for his advocacy, and an investigation by The Arizona Republic found that some victims never saw that advocacy.”

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