Court: Ex-AG Tom Horne can fight $1.2M campaign finance violation fine
PHOENIX — The Arizona Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to let former Attorney General Tom Horne try to void a $1.2 million fine imposed against him for violating campaign-finance laws in his 2010 election.
Horne contends that there was not enough evidence for Yavapai County Attorney Sheila Polk to conclude that there was illegal collusion between him and what was set up as a separate — and independent — committee to promote his election.
Horne said Polk, in concluding he was guilty, ignored findings to the contrary by a state hearing officer.
But the main thrust of his argument is that it was improper, if not illegal, for Polk to effectively have served as investigator, prosecutor and judge in the matter.
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