(AZ) Maricopa County Attorney Allister Adel 'knew' about plan to charge protesters as gang

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"County Attorney Allister Adel knew about the plan to charge a group of police protesters as a criminal street gang, according to the initial prosecutor assigned to the case."

@ABC15 obtained texts between prosecutors sent days after indictment.

https://abc15.com/news/local-news/investigations/protest-arrests/prosecutor-maricopa-county-attorney-allister-adel-knew-about-plan-to-charge-protesters-as-gang…
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PHOENIX — Maricopa County Attorney Allister Adel knew about the plan to charge a group of police protesters as a criminal street gang, according to the initial prosecutor assigned to the case.

ABC15 obtained text messages for the prosecutor, April Sponsel, that were sent on Nov. 3, 2020 — one week after the case was presented to a grand jury.

When asked by a colleague if Adel knew about the plan before the indictments, Sponsel texted, “Yes she did know.”

In February, ABC15 launched an investigation that debunked the evidence used to charge more than a dozen demonstrators as a gang. The group was arrested on Oct. 17. Prosecutors and police presented wild exaggerations and outright lies to the grand jury 10 days later to obtain the gang charges.

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1. Quite interesting about using Signal

Seems like they are papering over that point as well. Why bring it up in a discussion of office matters if it was a personal concern?

Also sounds like a potential Brady violation.