Some insight re: 2010 intrigue in the Maricopa Co Attorneys office. Note who tumbled the reigning queen. Paul Ahler
The person who is now in the State AGs office, asking for (under sealed motions) for sealed testimony from JAs trial. (Note: The following article is date 9/23/2010; but Ahler joined the State AGs office in March, 2007.
https://www.azag.gov/press-release/veteran-prosecutor-paul-ahler-joins-attorney-general’s-office
Not sure whats up with that date discrepancy.
http://www.azcentral.com/news/elect...ty-attorney-lisa-aubuchon-firing-details.html
A report detailing allegations against a deputy Maricopa County attorney fired Monday provides a window into the legal and political machinations of former County Attorney Andrew Thomas' office.
"The 130-page summary, obtained by The Arizona Republic through a public-records request, is culled from thousands of pages of interviews and observations by an independent investigator hired by interim County Attorney Rick Romley to review the actions of Deputy County Attorney Lisa Aubuchon.
On Sept. 8, Chief Deputy County Attorney Paul Ahler sent a "pre-termination" letter to Aubuchon that called for her imminent firing. The letter described key findings of the independent investigation, including:
��Filed a federal racketeering lawsuit that was "nothing more than a vehicle to intimidate, retaliate and besmirch the reputations of judges, public officials and attorneys who had previously opposed positions taken by the Maricopa County Attorney's Office."
��Lodged a criminal complaint against a sitting judge solely to prevent him from holding a hearing that related to the prosecution of a county supervisor.
��Filed actions and presented cases to a grand jury without sufficient evidence. In one case, Ahler wrote, she "pled conclusions and used incendiary adjectives" to make her case.
��Pursued an investigation into the construction of the county's court building even after a judge ruled the County Attorney's Office had a conflict of interest in that investigation. The judge who made the ruling became the subject of the criminal and racketeering complaints.
��Refused to cooperate with coworkers and intimidated a detective and his commander who balked at swearing to the complaint against the judge.
��Showed poor judgment by asking who the Board of Supervisors might appoint to succeed Thomas during an interview with a member of the board who thought he was going to be charged with criminal offenses.
Ahler said Aubuchon's "actions brought discredit to county service," and he alleged that she "misused the awesome power of the prosecutor's office."
In a three-page letter, Aubuchon responded that the findings were unfounded. She characterized them as an attack on Thomas by "Romley's inept administration."
She was fired Monday.
So. We have a contentious relationship between the Maricopa Attorneys office and the AZ State AG.
AAAaaand, we have the continuing investigation into Sheriff Joe.
http://www.azcentral.com/story/news...seman-pleads-fifth-contempt-hearing/75549200/
More
http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news...gger-seattle-operation-files-released-7804727
I have no idea as to the veracity of this news site. But. OMG.
An eccentric billionaire secreting thumb drives of sensitive info through airport security in his socks.
Handwritten receipts for cash payments to Maricopa County Sheriff's Office confidential informant #1437, a.k.a. Dennis Montgomery, whose e-mail alias, "David Webb," also is fictional super-spy Jason Bourne's birth name.
And multiple timelines tying together former Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon, U.S. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, and a multi-million-dollar government computer system code-named "the HAMMER" in a bizarre conspiracy, which only the most paranoid of minds would buy.
These are a few of the details from MCSO records related to Sheriff Joe Arpaio's cloak-and-dagger operation in Seattle, where three investigators under Arpaio's command partnered with an ex-CIA subcontractor on an operation that sought to expose the CIA's harvesting of the personal information of 150,000 county residents, or detail an absurd, nonexistent plot to take down Sheriff Joe, or both.
The records have been entered as exhibits in the ongoing federal contempt trial of Arpaio and four of his current and former underlings. Recently they were made public by the plaintiffs in the underlying civil rights case, Melendres v. Arpaio, after federal Judge G. Murray Snow told the parties in open court that the documents could be released to the press.
Okie dokie. MAAAaaabeeee. AZ AGs criminal investigation vis a vis Arias
has nothing to do with Her Genius. IDK. (Although I still believe KNs I hate JA, book is part of it. Somehow. Can someone pass me tin-foil hat?)
IMO, the criminal investigation has to do with Sheriff Joe. IMO, IMO.