Munnell Memo Report to be Released Today; Sheriffs Arpaio and Babeu Schedule News Conferences

By Ray Stern Tue., May 3 2011 at 10:02 AM

We're down here at the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office headquarters, checking on the latest release of documents related to the Munnell Memo investigation.

The docs we received last week, we found out today, weren't part of the 1,022-page summary report that's been sort of advertised by officials with the Maricopa and Pinal sheriff's offices -- they're part of the 20,000 pages of supplemental records that back up the summary report. Flipping through today's release of 221 pages of that 20,000, we see that it begins with a 63-page transcript of an interview with Sheriff Joe Arpaio's fired chief deputy, Dave Hendershott. Should be interesting reading.

Arpaio plans to hold a news conference at 1 p.m. today to talk about the summary report; we plan to attend both that and the 3 p.m. news conference by Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu on the same subject. Babeu, of course, conducted the internal review of Hendershott and other high-ranking officials under Arpaio.

UPDATE: Read our updates on the news conferences.

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Tina

The big question is, will he be releasing the 1,022 page investigative summary and be in compliance with Arizona's public records law?

Tommy Collins

Don't expect it, Tina, and you won't then be disappointed.

WhoKnows

Either Arpaio knew whats been going on for a long time, and should resign at 1:01pm today, or he had no idea what his second in command and others on his command staff have been up to for over a decade, and should resign at 1:01pm today. I'll give him a minute to mumble some nonsense before he resigns!

Tommy Collins

He has NEVER ADMITTED having made a mistake or having been wrong. No reason for him to start now, as his 79th birthday approaches just over a month away.

Don't think for a minute that he hasn't been HEAVILY involved in all the corruption and criminality which has occurred over the years of his reign of terror and abuses of authority.

He, in my humble opinion, is the worst kind of crook. He hides behind his position of authority, wearing a plastic pistol tie tack, to carry our his corruption and criminal acts.

He won't resign.... ever. He will either die during a term or be voted out of office in 2012; or have to be physically removed from the 19th floor by U.S. Marshalls with warrants for his arrest.

The MCSO sheriff is mentally ill.

Tina

Tommy, hope you read the Republic's report of that 1:00 p.m. press conference today. You were on target with your first post.

Tommy Collins

What you will be hearing from the Flaccid Fool, Mr. Stern:

"Blah, blah, blah, mush, mush, blah, mush.... I didn't know anything... blah, blah blah, mush, mush, mush, I have never done anything wrong. The shurf is only doing the job he is elected to do. He's been elected twenty times now... it's all the fault of those dirty illegals who are bringing diseases into the country.... blah, mush, blah....I didn't know anything was going on even when I pretended to know it was going on even though I said I was in charge when I wasn't but I'm always in charge and no one makes decisions but me and it's them cart vendors that get their corn from the drop houses"....

"Spit, spew, sputter, spit, spew, sputter.... and Eva feeds me weiners... and I killed Elvis Presley and it was just a secret until I shut down the French Connection..."

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