Relying on staff that either doesn’t understand Arizona’s public records laws, or is feigning stupidity, the Arizona Attorney General’s Office is doing nearly everything it can to come up with reasons to not come up with public records…. So what’s in those records…. Maybe something the AG doesn’t want anyone to know?
Related article:
Snell And Wilmer Case Was Approved To Proceed, Brnovich Under Scrutiny
When in April 2015, the Chief of the Criminal Division of the Arizona Attorney General’s Office, Don Conrad, gave final approval for the prosecution of attorneys from the Snell and Wilmer law firm, the matter of businessman Will Graven should have immediately been presented to a grand jury. Because Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich had benefitted greatly from the support of attorneys with the firm during his campaign, any other action by that office would have been considered unprofessional at best.
At the very least, the matter should have been assigned to an impartial special prosecutor, according to experts.
The fact that the AG’s Office had failed to shield one top level member of the AG’s staff who had other serious conflicts–of-interest elevates the issues from appearing highly questionable to actionable, according to experts.
Yet, despite the fact that Conrad and Andy Rublacava, Chief of Special Investigations approved proceeding with charging Snell and Wilmer attorneys and taking the case to the State Grand Jury by executing a Fraud and Special Prosecutions (FSP) case open document on May 5, 2016, Brnovich’s office did not immediately hand the matter over to another jurisdiction. In fact, rather than taking the appropriate action, the office went to the extreme and tried to shut down the case altogether. Those extreme measures included firing several staff members with knowledge of the case.
To read more — Snell And Wilmer Case Was Approved To Proceed, Brnovich Under Scrutiny — click here