Former Maricopa County Attorney Rick Romley said Logan’s failure to obey court orders is contemptuous ― and a possible violation of state law that makes withholding public records a Class 6 felony.|| Twitter
Robert Anglen
Arizona Republic
Thousands of redacted texts. Missing messages. Gaps in exchanges. Records show the Cyber Ninjas CEO continues to withhold communications related to the Arizona “audit” more than a year after a judge ordered him to make them public.
A prominent former prosecutor is now calling on county and state authorities to investigate Doug Logan’s refusal to release text messages and other records for potential criminal charges.
Former Maricopa County Attorney Rick Romley said Logan’s failure to obey court orders is contemptuous ― and a possible violation of state law that makes withholding public records a Class 6 felony.
“Clearly, it warrants a criminal investigation for potential tampering of public records,” Romley said. “This could even move into fraudulent schemes.”
Romley, a Republican, said this is not a partisan issue. He pointed to statutes that make it a crime for anyone who knowingly “conceals, removes or otherwise impairs the availability of any public record” with the intent to “defraud or deceive.”
The law also applies to anyone who “refuses to deliver a public record in such person’s possession, upon proper request of a public servant.” Romley said that could include the judge or the Arizona Senate, which hired Logan and told him to turn over any “audit-related” communications.
