LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — A report released by the District Attorney's Office in Las Cruces says a former district attorney and staffers deleted politically sensitive emails before leaving office.
The report released by current District Attorney Mark D'Antonio's office says the emails were found to be missing when the office received a public records request last spring by the state Democratic Party.
That request sought records related to then-District Attorney Susana Martinez's first campaign for the governor in 2009 and 2010.
Martinez, is a Republican, as is her former chief deputy, Amy Orlando, who replaced Martinez as district attorney when Martinez was elected governor.
D'Antonio, a Democrat, then beat Orlando in the 2012 election.
Orlando says the report released by D'Antonio is "nothing but baseless innuendos and black-helicopter conspiracy theories."