Cheeto and his mini-me (and others) can speechify at the Charlie Kirk Memorial Tent Meeting all they want, but I'm going to honor him another way.
From AZMirror, written by Caitlin Sievers, dated 9/17/2025 -
GOP ex-lawmaker, Turning Point Action leader, offered plea deal in petition signature forgery case
Former Arizona legislator Austin Smith has been offered a plea deal in a multiple-felony criminal case that alleges he personally forged numerous voter signatures on his own petitions for reelection.
Smith was indicted in June by a Maricopa County grand jury on four felony counts for presenting documents he knew were forged to the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office, in addition to 10 misdemeanor counts for personally forging the names of electors on his reelection petitions.
The Republican from Surprise was a member of the far-right Arizona Freedom Caucus, which has a history of spreading false claims of election fraud in the 2020 presidential election and pushed for election law changes in the state legislature.
The tie-in to Kirk?
At the time, Smith was an employee of Kirk's organization.
From the website of Turning Point Action -
The case number in Maricopa County Superior Court is CR2025-007007-001.
