Ethics probe into Rep. Cook heats up

Rep. David Cook

By Arren Kimbel-Sannit | Arizona Capitol Times

A fight over document discovery is brewing in a House ethics investigation into an embattled Republican lawmaker.

It’s the first public flare-up between the two parties in a probe that’s dragged on even as the Legislature has suspended its session.

At the heart of the fight are as-yet unfulfilled requests for documents from both sides. In one corner, the House Ethics Committee has issued a subpoena to Rep. David Cook, seeking records and testimony relating to a pair of complaints filed against the Globe legislator that stem from an alleged affair he had with a lobbyist for the agricultural industry.

In the other corner, Cook’s attorney wants to know what evidence the committee has in its file before her client agrees to sit down with investigators.

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