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30 September
7:42 pm

before he became an elected official, had no elections administration experience, but was busy representing pedophiles, human traffickers, and people running Stinger missiles to the Sinaloa cartel

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Alexander Kolodin, at Arizona Secretary of State General Election Debate

7:42 pm
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Why we checked itSpecific claim that Adrian Fontes, before becoming an elected official, legally represented clients involved in pedophilia, human trafficking, and arms trafficking to the Sinaloa cartel — a serious and damaging factual allegation about his professional history
What we foundMultiple independent sources, including CNN's reporting, confirm that Fontes as a defense lawyer represented clients charged with child sex offenses, human trafficking and an attempted Stinger missile sale to the Sinaloa cartel. His first elected office was Maricopa County Recorder, so 'before he became an elected official' he had no elections administration experience.
CorrectedCorrection: originally rated overstated. Changed to supported after post-debate review on 2026-10-01. The original verdict counted Fontes's four years as County Recorder against 'no elections experience before he became an elected official', but Recorder was the elected office in question. Read correctly, both parts are supported.
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