Grand Canyon Times

Conservative reformer Blake Masters highlighted a recent cease and desist letter former President Donald Trump sent to Attorney General Mark Brnovich, who is one of his opponents in the GOP primary for U.S. Senate.

“As attorney general, Mark Brnovich was supposed to *protect* Arizonans against fraud — turns out, he’s been misleading voters and scamming donors by implying that he has President Trump’s support. Yikes,” Masters said on Facebook.

Trump’s team accused Brnovich of misleading voters.

“Your use of President Trump’s name, image and/or likeness is likely to deceive individuals into believing President Trump supports, endorses or otherwise promotes your candidacy for U.S. Senate in Arizona — he does not,” a Trump attorney wrote in the cease and desist letter.

Trump has endorsed Masters for the GOP primary for U.S. Senate and has deemed Brnovich a “disappointment” for not acting on matters regarding election integrity in the 2020 election, The Washington Post reported.

Trump’s attorneys highlighted a recent email from Brnovich with the subject line "ACCOUNT TERMINATION NOTICE" in which donors – unless they provided donations – were threatened of losing access to “[a]ny chance of continuing to receive our Trump polls, Trump rally alerts and 2024 endorsement opportunities,” according to the Tennessee Star.

Laurie Roberts addressed the issue in a column for the Arizona Republic.

“Brnovich is certainly not the only candidate trying to attach himself to Trump’s coattails to squeeze a little money out of Republicans by implying that he’s on 'the team.' Or the only one being warned to knock it off. It is, however, a particularly stark shade of sleazy when the state’s top law enforcer engages in a campaign designed to fool people into parting with their money,” Roberts wrote.