California Attorney General Rob Bonta stepped in to stop the L.A. County Sheriff from investigating County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl, a Democrat, for corruption after she claimed that Sheriff Alex Villanueva was acting on political motives.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta stepped in Tuesday to stop the L.A. County Sheriff from investigating County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl, a Democrat, for corruption after she claimed that Sheriff Alex Villanueva was acting on political motives.last week, L.A. County deputies raided and searched Kuehl’s home in Santa Monica pursuant to a warrant in an investigation of corruption. Kuehl has been accused by critics of giving a county contract to a donor and friend.
The Board has placed a referendum on November’s ballot that would allow it to fire the sheriff at will — even though the sheriff is an elected office. Villanueva, who is running for reelection this year, accuses the supervisors of election interference. Villanueva wrote to Bonta last week, complaining that Kuehl and her associate, Patti Giggans, appeared to have been tipped off in advance of the raid, potentially allowing them to hide or destroy evidence, and to raise allegations of political motives.Bonta’s letter was in response to one Villanueva sent him last week, in which Villanueva demanded Bonta open an inquiry into allegations that Kuehl and Giggans had been tipped off in advance of the impending searches.
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