One of the most curious things in retired Judge LaDoris Cordell’s report on Sheriff Christina Corpus is a photograph of Chief of Staff Victor Aenlle and president elect Donald Trump.
The photo, marked as Exhibit 32, was taken Sept. 13 when Trump did a fundraising event at the Woodside home of businessman Tom Siebel where the cost of admission ranged up to $500,000 a couple.
Cordell said in her report: “Sheriff Corpus was asked by federal security personnel to designate two people from her security detail to be photographed with presidential candidate Donald Trump on Friday, Sept. 13, 2024. The Sheriff designated a captain and a deputy.
“The day after the event in Woodside, on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024, at 10:45 a.m., then-Assistant Sheriff Ryan Monaghan received a call from a friend who was an FBI special agent in San Francisco, and who had been assigned to the Trump detail,” Cordell wrote.
“The agent described the following interaction that he had with Aenlle at the event: The special agent had the names of the two individuals that Sheriff Corpus had selected for the photo-ops. He was approached by Aenlle who said, ‘I’m here to take the photo for the sheriff. I’m the Chief of Staff.” The agent told Aenlle that he wasn’t on the list and that the sheriff had already selected the two people for the photos and gave Aenlle the names,” Cordell’s report said.
“Aenlle then said, ‘Who? A deputy getting a photo over me?!’ The agent told Monaghan that Aenlle was ‘one of the most arrogant p——s I’ve ever seen.’ He called Aenlle an ‘arrogant a———‘ and said that Aenlle was ‘poor representation of your Office,’” according to Cordell’s report.
“Because Aenlle ‘made a scene,’ the special agent reluctantly acceded to Aenlle’s demand and allowed him to be photographed instead of Deputy (name redacted),” Cordell wrote.
A week after the photo-op, on Sept. 20, Corpus fired Monaghan after he confirmed he had been interviewed by Cordell for her report. However, Monaghan’s firing was blocked by County Executive Mike Callagy, who feared it would lead to a lawsuit from Monaghan for wrongful termination. Callagy said he believed Corpus was retaliating against Monaghan, but Corpus has denied it.
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