The Arizona Attorney General’s Office has unsealed an indictment of Gary Husk and his company, Husk Partners, Inc. for Conspiracy to Make Prohibited Political Contributions and seven counts of Prohibited Contributions. Of the seven counts of Prohibited Contributions, six are directed at Gary Husk and Husk Partners, Inc. and one is directed solely at Gary Husk.
In the course of a separate high-profile investigation, prosecutors discovered that for more than four years, Gary Husk and his company directed its employees, and in some cases, their spouses, to make contributions to various political campaigns with the promise of reimbursement. Once the contributions were made, the employees were reimbursed from Husk Partners, Inc. or directly from Gary Husk, which often coded the reimbursements under the firm’s account as an “office expense.”
Contributions made by Husk Partners Inc. employees included several state and local campaigns. According to the Attorney General’s Office, there is no indication any of the campaigns that received donations knew what was happening. Husk was bipartisan in his allegedly illegal giving. Among the campaigns he contributed were Mary Rose Wilcox and Governor Jan Brewer.
Gary Husk was served with a summons to appear in Maricopa County Superior Court on Thursday, October 17, 2013.
Husk’s attorney, Rick Romley, said that the charged were “trumped-up” and expects Husk to be exonerated.