MAGA-aligned former sheriff and Arizona Congressional candidate Mark Lamb faces allegations he sent women nude pictures and inappropriate text messages — then attempted to use the law enforcement powers of his office to keep it all under wraps from the public.
"Dozens of exchanges, explicit chats and sexual images ... appeared to come from Lamb's personal cell phone number and social media accounts to several women before and after he took over as Pinal County's top law enforcement officer in 2017, records and interviews show," said a new report from The Arizona Republic.
According to the report, he sent women multiple pictures of male genitalia, as well as "a photo of an unidentified couple having intercourse with a text telling the recipient to 'think about that being you,' punctuated with a devil emoji."
When he feared one woman would post what he had sent her to social media, he warned her she could be arrested for doing so.
"Lamb ... appeared to suggest he could control the Arizona Department of Public Safety and stop any investigation if the woman agreed to stop posting on social media, messages and interviews show," said the report. "One Facebook message included a link to the state's revenge-porn statute and said violations are a 'Class 4 felony,' screenshots show. 'Please just no more posting,' read the back-to-back messages, accompanied by Lamb's profile picture. 'I will call DPS.'"
Lamb, a former failed Senate candidate who has ties to the QAnon movement, has previously criticized Immigration and Customs Enforcement for "irritatingly high" standards of care for migrant detainees.
He is running for the southwest Phoenix-area congressional district currently held by far-right Rep. Andy Biggs, who is now running for governor of Arizona.