Corporation commissioner calls state senator a liar
The race to be Arizona’s next treasurer hasn’t really begun yet, but a candidate and potential candidate are already butting heads and getting lawyers involved, Arizona Capitol Times reports.
Tom Forese, the Republican chairman of the Arizona Corporation Commission, called on Sen. Kimberly Yee, R-Phoenix, to stop lying about him.
Forese is running for state treasurer. Yee is considering a run and was recently provided a newly created award from the current treasurer, Jeff DeWit, who said Forese was “sleazy.”
Forese’s lawyer, Mark Goldman, sent a letter to Yee claiming she has made false statements to third parties claiming Forese is under investigation by the FBI.
The mention of FBI investigations stems from the federal agency’s acknowledgment last year that it was looking into issues surrounding the financing of “certain statewide races” during the 2014 election, the year Forese won his seat on the commission.
Forese has not been and is not currently the subject of any FBI investigation, Goldman told Arizona Capitol Times. Plus, Forese has tried to contact Yee multiple times to try to discuss the ways he’s attempting to ensure the integrity of the Corporation Commission, but has not been able to reach her, Goldman wrote.
If Yee continues to spread such statements, Forese may pursue “any and all legal remedies available to him,” Goldman wrote.
But, an attorney for Yee contends Forese’s letter is intended to silence and harass her.
In a letter to Goldman, attorney Joe Kanefield says Yee has not said Forese is under investigation by the FBI, contrary to what Forese claims.
