ABC15 reports that Pinal County, Arizona, Sheriff Paul Babeu once ran The DeSisto School, a Massachusetts boarding school with a history of physical and sexual abuse, such as forcing students to wear sheets, sit facing walls for hours, undergo strip...
Arizona Sheriff Paul Babeu fancies himself a "Leader on Border Security" and an immigration hardliner. Yet it turns out that the Babeu was willing to help one immigrant: Jose Orozco, his Mexican boyfriend.
Far from seeing his career ruined or his fund-raising efforts hampered, Republican sheriff Paul Babeu seems to be weathering his immigrant-boyfriend scandal pretty well, Politico reports.
Since coming out last week—and denying allegations...Show More Summary
Sheriff Paul Babeu is weathering the storm brought on by the recent scandal over his ex-boyfriend, Politico reports: In the six days since the Phoenix New Times first reported that Babeu had allegedly threatened an ex-lover with deportation, the campaign...
Arizona Sheriff Paul Babeu says his immigrant ex-boyfriend -- who has accused him of threatening deportation -- only worked for his campaign in a volunteer capacity. But a campaign filing seen by TPM's Nick Martin suggests there might be more...
Arizona sheriff Paul Babeu's political future is creating a lot of sound and fury after revelations about a gay relationship, but one question ripples across the startup landscape: Was Babeu's ex-lover running his business here lega...
Arizona Sheriff Paul Babeu has said his former boyfriend only worked for his campaign as a volunteer. But TPM has uncovered an unusual entry on a 2010 campaign disclosure that raises questions about that and could spell legal trouble for both men.
Arizona sheriff and Republican Congressional candidate Paul Babeu, a tough-on-illegal-immigration politician who outed himself as gay after a news story revealed his three-year relationship with a Mexican, could face charges of harboring an illegal immigrant, a prominent immigration attorney told TPM. Show More Summary
The ex-boyfriend of Sheriff Paul Babeu may actually be in the country illegally, despite what both he and Babeu have told the press. Babeu has denied threatening to have his former boyfriend deported. Orozco appeared on CNN this week,...Show More Summary
Talking Points Memo notes that even though Sheriff Paul Babeu and his ex-boyfriend Jose Orozco say Orozco was in the country legally, he may have been illegally pushing the limits of a tourist visa: But as the Arizona Daily Star...
There are more questions than answers in the strange case of Arizona Sheriff Paul Babeu and his estranged lover. Nick Martin has been sniffing around one of the bigger unknowns of the case....
Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu is no stranger to being on the front lines of both Arizona's border with Mexico and GOP politicking. Babeu is running for Congress, had previously appeared with John McCain in a 2008 campaign ad, and used to be the co-chair of Mitt Romney's Arizona campaign. Show More Summary
The plot is thickening in the scandale surrounding Arizona sheriff—and Mitt Romney’s former state co-chair—Paul Babeu (above), as information surfaces about a threeway with a Democratic politico and his boyfriend (complete with a political payoff) and Babeu turns the tables on his Latin ex, Jose Orozco.
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In an unusual letter to two of his fellow local law enforcers this week, conservative Arizona Sheriff Paul Babeu laid out a list of crimes alleged to have been committed by him or his former lover in the wake of their romance that soured last year.
Pinal County Sheriff and congressional candidate Paul Babeu, who yesterday asked for an investigation into claims by his ex-boyfriend Jose Orozco that he threatened him over exposing their relationship, has received support from gay former Arizona GOP Rep. Jim Kolbe....
"Liberals don’t have to understand it, and they don’t have to like it, but the world does have to accept it: gay people can be conservative, and there are many more like Sheriff Paul Babeu in our ranks. And that’s a good thing. Log Cabin...Show More Summary
Pinal County, Arizona Sheriff Paul Babeu has asked for an independent investigation surrounding deportation allegations made by his ex-boyfriend Jose Orozco, The Republic reports: Pinal County's top prosecutor has asked a special panel formed to investigate alleged violations of public...
Didn't he say he WASN'T going to do this? Typical homocon.
Days after being outed as gay and accused of threatening his former boyfriend, conservative Arizona Sheriff Paul Babeu on Tuesday called for independent investigators to look into claims that the man stole from and impersonated him.
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Here's one little detail from the whole Paul Babeu saga that hasn't gotten much attention, but which my fellow blogger-in-arms James L took note of. The Phoenix New Times article which broke the story about Babeu—the Republican...Show More Summary