Excerpt from The Arizona Republic (7/21/15): “Arizona utility regulator Bob Stump’s phone seized in probe of former Commissioner Gary Pierce”
The investigation of current Commissioner Bob Stump and the text messages he sent to Arizona Public Service Co., political groups and candidates for the commission has collided with an investigation of former Commissioner Gary Pierce….
‘The Attorney General’s Office requested the phone used by Commissioner Stump as part of its investigation of the whistleblower letter that the commission requested,’ said Barrett Marson, an interim spokesman for the commission.”
Excerpt from The Arizona Republic (7/22/15): “Attorney General should evaluate Bob Stump’s cozy quotient with APS”
“Once again, Corporation Commissioner Bob “the mad texter” Stump’s cell phone is on the move.
This time, it’s gone from the commission’s safe to the Attorney General’s Office, which is investigating allegations that former Commissioner Gary Pierce was a little too cozy with Arizona Public Service CEO Don Brandt when Pierce was on the commission.”
Excerpt The Arizona Daily Sun (7/22/15): “AG enters fray over Stump cellphone”
“The Attorney General’s Office on Tuesday expanded its inquiry into allegations of improper conduct by members of the Arizona Corporation Commission.
Ryan Anderson, spokesman for the AG’s office, said his agency’s investigators believe the phone that had been used by Commissioner Bob Stump in 2014 is relevant to the inquiry they have now been conducting for months on activities at the commission going back to 2012.”
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