DOJ doesn't have the authority. Elections are a state thing and DOJ doesn't get to touch it, constitutionally.
That said, he who commands the men with guns makes the rules. If AZ puts the audit under heavy guard the DOJ will be picking a fight they cannot win. AZ can put more armed people in and around the audit site than the fed can without a major mobilization and violation of posse comitatus.
DOJ doesn't have the authority. Elections are a state thing and DOJ doesn't get to touch it, constitutionally.
That said, he who commands the men with guns makes the rules. If AZ puts the audit under heavy guard the DOJ will be picking a fight they cannot win. AZ can put more armed people in and around the audit site than the fed can without a major mobilization and violation of posse comitatus.