Official accuses Arizona AG Tom Horne of cover-up
A state criminal investigator has filed a $10 million legal claim against Arizona involving Attorney General Tom Horne. Margaret "Meg" Hinchey is accusing the state's top prosecutor of engaging in a cover-up amid allegations that Horne participated in illegal campaign activities.
Attorneys say FBI probe likely goes beyond Horne campaign allegations
Allegations of campaign law violations against Attorney General Tom Horne that were laid out in a complaint filed with the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office may only scratch the surface of the FBI’s investigation.
Horne aide Winn denies allegations
Kathleen Winn, a pivotal figure in allegations that have ensnared Attorney General Tom Horne in an FBI investigation, denied the accusations against her and her boss.
FBI started Horne investigation in January
The FBI began investigating Attorney General Tom in January, a revelation that undermines his assertion that the investigation is based solely on the claims of a disgruntled employee who was trying to avoid being fired.
Dybus and Keppel: Not quite perfect strangers
Capitol observers and those with long memories may remember that Dybus played a starring role in what Rose Law Firm blogger Phil Riske yesterday described as the 2006 "political boil-over and resignation of Arizona Treasurer David Petersen."
Horne informed of feds’ investigation in mid-March
Attorney General Tom Horne was informed in mid-March that the FBI was investigating allegations that he committed campaign violations in 2010 after one of his prosecutors filed a complaint against him.
Horne: Dybus was about to be fired
At about 6:30 last night, Horne's office fired back against Don Dybus' allegations, saying the prosecutor only filed the complaint with Bennett's office to give himself whistleblower protection because he knew he was about to be fired.
Horne denies allegations, fires back at accuser
Attorney General Tom Horne denied allegations that he violated campaign laws in 2010 and accused the prosecutor who made them of filing a complaint because he knew he was about to lose his job.
In an email on Monday evening, Horne spokeswoman Amy Rezzonico said the attorney general did not illegally collaborate with Kathleen Winn, the chairwoman of a pro-Horne independent expenditure that s[...]