Andy Biggs Faces 2013 Scrutiny Over Arizona Police Force Tied to Polygamist Sect
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Updated · The Washington Post · Jul 20
Andy Biggs Faces 2013 Scrutiny Over Arizona Police Force Tied to Polygamist Sect
3 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · Jul 20
Summary
Andy Biggs, the likely GOP nominee for Arizona governor, is drawing renewed criticism over his role in a 2013 fight over the Colorado City Marshal’s Office.
The small-town force was accused of serving leaders of a polygamist sect that authorities said enabled corruption and the sexual abuse of girls.
Federal and state pressure was already mounting at the time: the Justice Department had sued, the sect’s leader was in prison, and Arizona’s attorney general wanted the marshal’s office shut down.
Fellow Republicans are now using that episode to question Biggs’s judgment as the governor’s race takes shape.