Federal authorities with the U.S. Postal Inspection Service have arrested a top official with the Arizona Attorney General’s office on felony charges of controlling and trafficking stolen property.
This comes as Attorney General Kris Mayes faces scrutiny and a potential federal investigation for weaponizing her office and apparently accepting bribes to grant unprecedented prosecutorial authority to an outside nonprofit group in her case against alternative 2020 electors in Arizona.
The Gateway Pundit spoke to Rep. Abe Hamadeh, who sent a letter to the DOJ last week, demanding an investigation into Mayes. He revealed that Mayes’s bribe was used to fund her legal defense and cover up the Attorney General’s election that she stole in 2022.
“I have made my position very clear to the top officials at the White House that I’m going to keep pursuing this,” Hamadeh said. “Now, we have to see action.”
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Now, federal authorities have arrested the AG’s state government division chief Vanessa Hickman on two felony charges relating to trafficking stolen property.
According to the Arizona Republic, she is accused of stealing then selling thousands of dollars worth of jewelry that was mistakenly delivered to her home.
Per the Phoenix New Times:
Vanessa Hickman served as the state government division chief under Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes. She was placed on administrative leave by Mayes’ office last Thursday after the office was contacted by the U.S. Postal Inspector’s office about an investigation into Hickman, according to Mayes spokesperson Richie Taylor. Mayes’ office “cooperated” with the investigation, Taylor said, and Hickman resigned from her position on Monday, though she is still listed on the agency’s website.
“Attorney General Mayes believes that every individual is entitled to due process, but also that justice must be served,” Taylor wrote in an email to Phoenix New Times. “The allegations against Ms. Hickman are serious for any state employee, particularly someone in a leadership position.”
It’s not yet clear what those allegations are. The AG’s office declined to comment further, and USPIS declined to comment on the active investigation. The investigation has been submitted to the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office for a charging decision, USPIS spokesperson Liz Davis wrote, but the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office stated that they had not yet received the submittal on the case.
Hickman was arrested a little after 7 p.m. Wednesday and booked into Maricopa County Intake, Transfer and Release by 3 a.m. Thursday. She’s since been released, according to Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office’s booking information.
This is not Hickman’s first run in with the law.
In 2003, she was charged with DUI from a 1999 incident. She pleaded guilty to a reduced charge.
Later, in January 2023, Hickman resigned from her position as Peoria City Attorney and was subsequently sued over her nearly $140,000 severance payment, which the city argued she wasn’t entitled to due to the voluntary nature of her departure. The lawsuit is ongoing.
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