Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs Opens Up on 'Renewed Threats'—to Her Safety and the Ballot (Feat. Katie Hobbs)

Objections: With Adam Klasfeld

In the weeks following the 2020 presidential election, public officials across the country who defended the integrity of the vote were subjected to hatred and threats. One of them was Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs (D), who called out former President Donald Trump and members of the Republican Party for stoking public rage.

“Their words and actions have consequences,” Hobbs said in November, linking the threats against her, her family, and her office to widespread misinformation.

For her efforts, Hobbs was targeted by death threats and even had her home address and son's phone number leaked online.

In a wide-ranging interview for Law&Crime's podcast "Objections: with Adam Klasfeld," Secretary Hobbs—who is now running for governor—disclosed that she needs protection yet again in the wake of a so-called "forensic audit" in Arizona that have reheated the old conspiracy theories that previously put her in danger.

"The level of harassment and just attacks on my office from every angle has not let up, and there are renewed threats, leading to me having to have a security detail for the second time," Hobbs said. "It's not part of my job to have that. But it's the second time in the last six months that it's happened."

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