Actually this portion here about the politics, does make it relative for the voters of AZ, IMO. Also, I could give a shit about a rapist. Oh he's mentally ill? Yeah. Whatever. Cry me a river.
Political connections
The Arizona Republic obtained a copy of Ronald Brewer's court file in May through a records request.
A week after Cooke asked the court to prevent The Republic from publishing anything from the case file, the governor's campaign lawyer, Lisa Hauser, signed on to help keep Ronald's case sealed.
Hauser, who also provided legal counsel for Jan Brewer's transition team, is one of 13 applicants for a position on the Arizona Supreme Court - a position Brewer will appoint.
The Commission on Appellate Court Appointments, which chooses the Supreme Court nominees, met in Phoenix on Monday. The commission moved Hauser ahead, granting her one of nine interviews to be held Sept. 30.
Hauser did not return calls seeking comment.
Doug Cole, who runs Brewer's campaign through the consulting firm High Ground and is one of the governor's closest advisers, has been intimately involved in the fight as well.
About two weeks after Hauser signed on as counsel, Cole sat in on a meeting with Hauser, an attorney representing the state hospital, an attorney representing the newspaper and Lovely, to try to resolve the records dispute.
Brewer also appointed Cole as one of 10 public members of the Commission on Appellate Court Appointments, which selects the judicial nominees.
Paul Senseman, Brewer's spokesman, said Hauser came into the proceedings at the request of Ronald's attorney, who wanted Hauser's expertise in public-records law. Ronald paid for Hauser's services, Senseman said.
Cole said he participated in the proceedings as a representative of the governor.
"She's involved because she's the governor and he's her son. . . . This has nothing to do with the campaign," Cole said. "She needs to have her place at the table, and she entrusted me with that. Nothing more, nothing less."
Lovely said: "Throughout this case, the governor's representatives tried to portray this solely as a family matter and not a political issue. Yet those representatives, Doug Cole and Lisa Hauser, are directly tied to the governor's re-election campaign."
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