Arizona grand jury indicts Republicans over effort to overturn 2020 election, including Giuliani, Meadows, and Jenna Ellis

An Arizona grand jury indicted a group of Republican figures over the effort to overturn the 2020 election, including former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows.

"Arizona's election was free and fair. The people of Arizona elected President Biden," said Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes, a Democrat, on Wednesday in a video from Phoenix.

"Unwilling to accept this fact, the defendants charged by the state grand jury allegedly schemed to prevent the lawful transfer of the presidency," she continued. "Whatever their reasoning was, the plot to violate the law must be answered for, and I was elected to uphold the law of this state."

Eighteen Republicans were indicted, but officials initially released only 11 names because the rest were not yet notified. The Associated Press and other outlets identified some of the other defendants based on their descriptions.