Don Stapley
The criminal investigation of Maricopa County Supervisor Don Stapley has seen more than its share of headlines in the past week. Chief among them was a story about the possible addition of a second criminal probe focusing on bribery allegations.
The public has seen few official statements from either the Maricopa County attorney’s or sheriff’s offices, the agencies handling the investigation. Yet information is still flowing as Valley media continue to “obtain” various documents from the investigation.
At least two stories in the past week appear to have possibly come from strategic leaks from the investigative agencies, though none are clear how the documents were obtained. See the following:
A Jan. 24 story in the Arizona Republic titled “Stapley files reveal state of his mind on inquiry.”
“This is going to be a nightmare,” Maricopa County Supervisor Don Stapley told a sheriff’s investigator when he learned he was being indicted on multiple criminal counts related to his financial-disclosure forms.
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