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Dirty Tricks (Mahoney AZ GOV 2002)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Edited | Thomas Walker Jul 19, 2005 05:43pm |
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| Category | Scandal |
| Media | Magazine - Phoenix New Times |
| News Date | Thursday, July 31, 2003 11:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | A call to an ex-gubernatorial candidate's campaign cell phone is linked to forged documents used to slam Napolitano and Salmon.
An Arizona Department of Public Safety investigation has linked a call to former independent gubernatorial candidate Dick Mahoney's cell phone to forged state Attorney General's office documents circulated to the press last September.
The The fake documents appeared to be internal AG memoranda strongly suggesting that then-Attorney General Janet Napolitano was covering up appalling conditions in a fundamentalist Mormon polygamous enclave in Colorado City.
After discovering last winter that the documents were bogus, DPS investigators asked Mahoney and long-time aide Sam Vagenas to voluntarily submit to interviews after not only Mahoney's phone records but also Vagenas' were linked to a woman whose name appears in the forgeries.
Mahoney and Vagenas refused to meet with authorities, and referred investigators to their attorneys. Inexplicably, the DPS did not pursue the case further, and Attorney General Terry Goddard's office declined to prosecute earlier this month, citing a lack of evidence. |
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