The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors (MCBOS) escalated their feud with Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap this week, getting sheriff’s deputies to show up at the homes of three of his employees to inform them they were under criminal investigation for moving election equipment.
Heap responded, stating that he filed an emergency court order to stop the criminal investigation. He said the MCBOS’ grounds for the investigation involved the employees moving some equipment that was purchased by his office, used only by his office and “[t]he same equipment the Court has already found was unlawfully taken from the Recorder’s Office.”
Heap described it as “retaliation” and “the most extreme escalation in a long campaign of retaliatory actions taken by the Board against my staff.”
“Over the last year, the Board has repeatedly targeted Recorder’s Office employees with false accusations, personal attacks, and retaliatory actions for doing their jobs,” he said. “Multiple members of my senior staff have required outside counsel to defend against malicious actions taken against them by the Board. My employees have been threatened, doxed, and publicly accused of misconduct for simply carrying out their official duties under Arizona law.”
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