Arizona congressional candidate Mark Lamb is embroiled in a new controversy involving allegations about his online activity.
Lamb, a former county sheriff, is running for outgoing Rep. Andy Biggs’ seat in Arizona’s conservative 5th District and has received President Donald Trump’s endorsement.
The Arizona Republic published a report last week on women who said Lamb had messaged them through his campaign’s official social media accounts, citing messages provided by one of his former campaign workers. One of the women alleged that he threatened her with prosecution if she shared his sexual images and messages.
According to the Republic, messages and photos allegedly sent by Lamb — who has made his Mormon faith central to his political biography — were previously shared with leaders at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
After the Republic requested comment from Lamb, who has previously denied claims of sexual impropriety, the newspaper said it was told by his campaign staff that he wasn’t available for comment. Lawyers for his campaign told the paper that many of the claims were “baseless and harmful” but did not elaborate.
The Republic published another report on Lamb on Wednesday, this time focusing on alleged Facebook exchanges with a right-wing anti-immigrant extremist. The outlet said Lamb did not respond to its interview requests.
The new messages, which the Republic said were shared by a former staffer who worked on Lamb’s first campaign, include alleged exchanges in 2016 with a man named Nick Steele, whom the newspaper identified as a member of the extremist vigilante group Border Narcotics Intelligence.
One of the messages appears to show Steele telling Lamb that he and other vigilante members supported Lamb’s campaign and that “BNI guys work like [N-words],” using the racist slur for Black people. The alleged reply from Lamb: “Hahahaha, so you don’t do anything?”








