Arizona Senators Demand DHS Drop Baseless 2020 Election Probe

Arizona Senators Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego have publicly demanded that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) terminate its ongoing investigation into the state’s 2020 presidential election. The senators argue the probe is a misuse of federal resources and an attack on democracy.

This investigation, overseen by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), was revealed shortly after then-DHS Secretary Kristi Noem visited Arizona in February making unfounded claims about election integrity. Emails obtained by Votebeat show HSI coordinated with the Arizona Attorney General’s Office, reviewing debunked allegations that widespread fraud affected the 2020 election outcome.

Kelly and Gallego emphasize that HSI’s mission is to tackle serious crimes such as drug trafficking, human smuggling, and child exploitation—not to chase phantom voter fraud claims. They wrote to DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin, stating: “Investigating unfounded claims of voter fraud is not part of the agency’s mission and wastes valuable skills that should be used to keep Americans safe.”

The senators also point out that over a dozen court cases, multiple post-election audits, and even the Arizona Senate’s own flawed review confirmed the election was fair and secure. They accuse DHS of conducting a “sham investigation” aimed at harassing election officials and undermining public trust in Arizona’s electoral system.

“It is clear that this sham investigation is just another attempt to attack, harass, intimidate, and coerce election officials in Arizona, to suppress the right to vote of Arizonans, and to call into question the integrity of Arizona’s electoral system, which has consistently proven to be secure,” Kelly and Gallego wrote.

In their letter, the senators requested detailed records about the investigation, including communications with state officials, the number of agents assigned, and what other investigations those agents were pulled from. They want to know if agents were diverted from critical cases involving child exploitation, terrorism financing, domestic extremism, and violent crime.

This latest push to keep baseless election fraud claims alive fits into a broader pattern of attempts to weaponize federal agencies against democratic processes. Kelly and Gallego’s demand is a clear stand against these politically motivated abuses of power and a call to refocus law enforcement on genuine threats to public safety.