KOB TV is reporting that Federal records show key information for the FBI investigating the hijacking of Republican Gov. Susana Martinez’s campaign email account came from a lawsuit handled by an attorney who is New Mexico’s Democratic Party leader.
An FBI affidavit released by the U.S. Attorney’s Office said an important email address came from a document Albuquerque lawyer Sam Bregman used last year in a lawsuit by a fired former state prison official. Bregman became state Democratic chairman this year.
The FBI said the address came from an email sent to Bregman by the person who apparently took control of the governor’s campaign email system in 2011.
Former Martinez campaign manager Jamie Estrada has been charged with illegally intercepting email. Estrada has said he broke no laws.
Bregman declined to comment.
