The Nation - News from May 1, 1988

Arizona Atty. Gen. Bob Corbin said he is investigating whether to prosecute Gov. Rose Mofford for omitting land, loan and partnership transactions from sworn financial-disclosure statements. Corbin is prosecuting Mofford’s predecessor, Evan Mecham, over omission of a $350,000 campaign loan from similar disclosure statements. Mofford succeeded Mecham in April after articles of impeachment were voted by the state Senate. “He’s in somewhat of a delicate position,” Senate Minority Leader Alan Stephens, a Democrat, said of Corbin after Mofford filed amended financial-disclosure statements. Corbin is next in line to become governor should Mofford have to step down. Mofford, a Democrat, called her omissions “an honest mistake” and said she did not intend to hide the transactions reported a week before by the Associated Press. Aides said Mofford’s unreported transactions would total about $67,000.