Arizona House Expels Republican Legislator Liz Harris After She Presented Witness Who Alleged Crimes by Officials

Arizona Sun Times ^ | 4/17/23 | Rachel Alexander

[CFW]

The Arizona House voted 46-13 to expel State Rep. Liz Harris (R-Chandler) on Wednesday after conducting an investigation into her bringing a witness to testify to the Senate Elections Committee, who accused legislators and other public officials of committing crimes. Jacqueline Breger told the committee that Democratic Governor Katie Hobbs, State House Speaker Ben Toma (R-Peoria) and others executed fraudulent deeds as part of a bribery scheme involving the Sinaloa drug cartel, along with other accusations.

Various legislators say that Harris was not truthful when she said she did not know what Breger was going to say. But Harris told The Arizona Sun Times it wasn’t that she didn’t know about the criminal accusations – she had instructed Breger only to address election integrity.

After the explosive testimony in February, State Rep. Stephanie Stahl Hamilton (D-Tucson) submitted a complaint about Harris on March 6 to the House Ethics Committee, which is chaired by State Rep. Joseph Chaplik (R-Scottsdale). Hamilton alleged that Harris violated House Rule 1, which prohibits impugning other members. Chaplik led an investigation, held an evidentiary hearing, and issued a report from the five-member committee unanimously finding that Harris had violated the rule and committed “disorderly behavior.”

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[Candor7]

Gee Wiz..........these Arizona Legislators think they are above the law, why is that ?

[Prince of Space]

No, they’re not true. Rep. Harris called a hearing so this lady could present her findings, but she wanted to keep the scope of the presentation on election shenanigans. After about 45 minutes, the presenter went off course and started bringing up accusations of rampant corruption state wide, including in the legislature. Rep. Harris reminded the woman to only discuss election issues and the hearing continued for about another 10 minutes. Ppl were clearly uncomfortable with the hearing after that, but to blame Harris for it was a mistake. The whole thing makes me feel that there is actually something to the accusations.

[The_Media_never_lie]

The whole thing makes me feel that there is actually something to the accusations.

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I am very uncomfortable, too. The governor IMHO, should have vehemently denied these allegations if they are untrue. She did not respond to the allegations, right? The allegations should have been easy enough to check.