Another voice is joining the fray amid conservative lawmakers’ backlash against a recent executive order giving the Arizona Attorney General some prosecution powers.

At a press conference Wednesday, Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell called the move a “procedural maneuver.”

Mitchell said she and other county attorneys are determining next steps to address the order, which transfers the power to prosecute abortions exclusively to the attorney general.

She also said no abortion-related cases had been filed with her office or with the Arizona prosecutor’s office.

“The current governor is taking up entire categories of potential crimes and trying to prevent locally elected county attorneys from reviewing those issues and making prosecution decisions,” Mitchell said.

Earlier this week, Attorney General Chris Mays told KJZZ’s The Show that there was a precedent.

“Governor Castro did it when the Don Boles affair was happening,” Mays said. “He transferred his jurisdiction from the District Attorney to Attorney General Bruce Babbitt. So we know it happened. It shouldn’t happen often.”

Referring to this comment, Mitchell appears to have said that the circumstances of the Don Boles affair necessitated unprecedented action. He was a reporter for the Arizona Republic and was killed in 1976 when a dynamite bomb was planted under his car.

“Gov. Hobbes’ actions on Friday fall short of Castro’s actions,” Mitchell said.

Mitchell said the move was unprecedented and questioned the possibility of setting a new precedent.

“What if another person took the seat of governor and attempted this kind of power seizure?” she asked. “What other crimes in the future might the governor dislike and keep out of the district attorney’s office?”

Mitchell declined to say whether the order was illegal or unconstitutional. But Hobbes backed it up, saying Tuesday that anyone with serious concerns can be brought to court.