But a lot of the fraud happened at the local level, like in Maricopa county. Wouldn't the Attorney General have the authority to prosecute fraud there?
To be honest I don't know, I want to say yes. Normally the FBI would get involved in those kinds of things at city/county/state level corruption but we all know current FBI is extremely corrupted
No. The attorney general represents the state and is employed by the state.
It's like If you do something shady and your lawyer on retainer tries to investigate you and throw you to the wolves. That's not how it works
But a lot of the fraud happened at the local level, like in Maricopa county. Wouldn't the Attorney General have the authority to prosecute fraud there?
To be honest I don't know, I want to say yes. Normally the FBI would get involved in those kinds of things at city/county/state level corruption but we all know current FBI is extremely corrupted
Yes, which is why the State Attorney General becomes even more important, since we can't count on the FBI.