Dirty politics and dark money

Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne leads off this weeks show. Has the state’s leading law enforcement officer violated campaign and civil service laws — or is he the victim of unfounded allegations?

Hear what he himself has to say about these allegations and then hear the response of the attorney who represents his most recent accuser.

Tom Ryan, attorney for Sarah Beattie, who has accused Horne of using state employees to do his campaign work on the public dime, is also our guest this week.

And reportorial sleuth Evan Wyloge, a specialist in tracking the millions of dollars of “dark money” (campaign dollars with undisclosed donors) in this year’s political campaigns discusses this, independent expenditure campaigns, and money and politics generally.