Attorney General Tom Horne denied allegations by former staffer Sarah Beattie that he is running his reelection campaign out of his taxpayer-funded office, and made numerous accusations of his own against his former employee and campaign volunteer.

Attorney General Tom Horne and aide Kathleen Winn are asking a Superior Court judge to reverse a county attorney’s decision to push forward with a campaign finance complaint against them.

Attorney General Tom Horne said he does not believe the renewed charges he violated campaign finance laws in getting his office will undermine his bid for reelection.

Yavapai County Attorney Sheila Polk rejected an administrative law judge’s recommendation that campaign finance complaint against Attorney General Tom Horne be dismissed and will instead move forward with charges that he illegally coordinated with an independent expenditure committee during his 2010 campaign.

A former Arizona Attorney General’s Office employee who did volunteer work for Tom Horne’s re-election said she and other employees routinely violated state laws by doing campaign work on taxpayer time, and that Horne himself encouraged and was aware of the unlawful activity.

A staffer at the Attorney General’s Office who volunteered as a fundraiser for Tom Horne’s re-election campaign resigned over what she called violations of campaign law within the office.

An administrative law judge recommended the dismissal of the campaign finance allegations against Attorney General Tom Horne and a key aide, giving the embattled attorney general a shield against some of the most damaging criticism he faces as he fights for reelection.

An administrative law judge is expected to issue a ruling early next week on whether there's enough evidence to conclude Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne illegally coordinated campaign spending with an aide running an independent group during his 2010 campaign.

Attorneys for the defense and prosecution submitted their closing arguments in the campaign finance case against Tom Horne in the hopes of persuading the administrative law judge who must decide whether the attorney general and a top staffer illegally coordinated during the 2010 election.

Lawyers for Attorney General Tom Horne and ally Kathleen Winn alleged that an FBI agent who served as the prosecution’s key witness against them in their campaign finance case perjured himself on the witness stand and that his testimony should be thrown out.