I have written before about Maricopa Recorder Candidate Justin Heap being caught in multiple lies.
The AZ Daily Independent and AZ Free News both incorrectly reported on the June 11th PBS Maricopa Recorder debate: “just two of the three candidates in the GOP Primary were invited, namely Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer and Don Hiatt. Heap’s absence was notable, public, and embarrassing for the public broadcaster.”
This reporter obtained 2 emails dated April 9, 2024 and June 2, 2024 that clearly show that Justin Heap was invited and were sent to his official jheap@azleg.gov (listed as official email on https://www.azleg.gov/memberroster/)
Just because Justin Heap did not check his legislature email, and then lied about not receiving the email, is no reason for PBS to cover for him and schedule a special one on one interview.
Heap has since made up another lie which AZ Free ran with saying “It wasn’t until later that a request was found emailed to Heap’s official legislative email account. And had he replied to it, political consultants advised, he could be prosecuted for violating state law by using public resources for a partisan campaign.”
This is of course ridiculous. The second email shows Stephen Richer simply replied with his personal email, which Heap could have done as well.
Heap has changed his story multiple times and it is indisputable that he was at a fundraiser instead of the PBS debate.
