Arizona Senate President Karen Fann, who led the partisan audit of ballots cast in Maricopa County, and state Sen. Kelly Townsend will comply with the subpoenas, according to Arizona Senate communications director Kim Quintero.
“President Fann and Senator Townsend are fully cooperating in releasing whatever emails and text messages they are requesting,” Quintero told CNN, calling the subpoenas “political theatrics.”
“We have no reason to believe they will be called to testify in Washington D.C.,” Quintero added.
Neither Fann nor Townsend responded to requests for comment. The subpoenas were first reported by media outlets in Arizona.
The Justice Department has issued a number of subpoenas to people who served on fake slates of electors in seven battleground states that former President Donald Trump lost in 2020.
In previously released emails to the watchdog group American Oversight pursuant to public records requests, Fann claimed to be in direct contact with Trump’s former attorney Rudy Giuliani in December 2020. She also corresponded with Phil Waldron, who worked with Giuliani as part of the effort to overturn the 2020 election, those emails showed.
The Justice Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.