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Ariz. Sheriff Blocks FBI Access to Evidence in Guthrie Abduction: Source
Newsmax ^ | 02/12/26 | Staff

Posted on 02/12/2026 6:53:37 PM PST by doc maverick

“An Arizona sheriff is blocking FBI access to key evidence in the investigation into the abduction of U.S. television journalist Savannah Guthrie's mother, impairing its ability to assist in the probe, a U.S. law enforcement official with knowledge of the case told Reuters on Thursday. The FBI asked Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos for physical evidence in the case, including a glove and DNA from the home of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, to be processed at the FBI's national crime laboratory in Quantico, Virginia, but Nanos has insisted instead on using a private lab in Florida, the official said. Outsourcing forensic analysis to a Florida contractor, effectively denying the access of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to crucial evidence in the case, is delaying the FBI ability to assist in the case, according to the official.”

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Very weird…..sheriff is making himself look like he’s blocking the investigation. What would the reason be for that?
1 posted on 02/12/2026 6:53:37 PM PST by doc maverick
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Is it one of his own ?


2 posted on 02/12/2026 6:55:58 PM PST by butlerweave (Fateh)
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That “sheriff” has been a douchebag since day one. More interested in personal aggrandizement than anything else it would seem.


3 posted on 02/12/2026 6:59:09 PM PST by traderrob6
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Sheriff is a Democrat...won a very close (very) election. In AZ. In an area right on the border with Mexico.


4 posted on 02/12/2026 7:00:44 PM PST by ripnbang ("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man, a subject.")
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My first thought is the crime scene was compromised from the first response before the State or FBI got there. The glove in the house might be sheriff department, tossed during the initial response. May be the sheriff knows who was wearing it. More crap gets missed at first by untrained responders, than we know about. IMO


5 posted on 02/12/2026 7:01:28 PM PST by Equine1952 (MM1SS SASOB)
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“won” the election.


6 posted on 02/12/2026 7:01:45 PM PST by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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What would the reason be for that?

Same reason the jerks in Minnesota and other Dem-run jurisdictions block federal law enforcement activities in their domains: politics. The sheriff is a Dem and the FBI is seen as a "tool" of Trump. The sheriff also clearly botched the critical first 48 hours of the investigation, so he wants to cover his butt. Far as he is concerned, the fact that a woman's life was on the line is incidental to his politics.

7 posted on 02/12/2026 7:03:13 PM PST by Avalon Memories (It seems to be a law of nature...that those who will not risk cannot win. --John Paul Jones)
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Dem Sheriff hack, wants nothing to do with the FBI that is being run under Trump..the Dem sheriff screwed up this case from the beginning he had egg on his face especially after the feds got the video with the help of google, so they want to be able to say “See look what we found”


8 posted on 02/12/2026 7:03:16 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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“Sheriff is a Democrat...won a very close (very) election. In AZ. In an area right on the border with Mexico”
Maybe sheriff was in on it for 20 million.


9 posted on 02/12/2026 7:07:39 PM PST by doc maverick
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Since the crime involves the Internet - ransom demand and ransom payment - I thought the FBI was in charge.
10 posted on 02/12/2026 7:07:52 PM PST by zeestephen (Trump Landslide? Kamala lost the election by 230,000 votes, in WI, MI, and PA.)
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Cartel ties.


11 posted on 02/12/2026 7:19:21 PM PST by InsidiousMongo
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Or purposefully not cooperating with the FBI which probably has the resources/tools to help immensely in the investigation. $20 million could do that.


12 posted on 02/12/2026 7:20:55 PM PST by ripnbang ("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man, a subject.")
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To: zeestephen

https://uslawexplained.com/lindbergh_law


13 posted on 02/12/2026 7:23:02 PM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 "/!i!! &@$%&*(@ -')
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Kash should pull his guys of and cancel the reward and tell Savanna she’s on her own. F’em!


14 posted on 02/12/2026 7:24:09 PM PST by shotgun
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FBI doubled the reward money today.
That’s more than the 1 Bitcoin TMZ reported on.


15 posted on 02/12/2026 7:28:06 PM PST by Varsity Flight ( "War by 🙏 the prophesies set before you." ) I Timothy 1:18. Nazarite warriors. 10.5.6.5 These Days)
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“That “sheriff” has been a douchebag since day one. More interested in personal aggrandizement than anything else it would seem.”
Mark Napier, the previous sheriff of Pima County, was highly esteemed by the deputies under his command. The Pima County sheriff’s department despises Nanos because they know that he would stab them in the back in a heartbeat.


16 posted on 02/12/2026 7:30:33 PM PST by wjcsux (On 3/14/1883 Karl Marx gave humanity his best gift, he died. )
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Nanos is a DEI hire and woke activist.


17 posted on 02/12/2026 7:30:56 PM PST by Thrownatbirth (.....Iraq Invasion fan since '91. )
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Savannah Guthrie IS in the Epstein files. She is linked to the Clintons.
https://x.com/PaulGoldEagle/status/2022014410236301315?s=20

Interesting X post.


18 posted on 02/12/2026 7:31:08 PM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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Nobody trusts the fibs anymore. so sad. They screwed up a lot of stuff —Jan 6, pipe bomber, etc, etc, etc.


19 posted on 02/12/2026 7:42:57 PM PST by kvanbrunt2
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He sent the glove found in the house and sent it to a private lab in Florida.

FBI wants it in their better labs in VA.

Any trial and they have to get it eventually in VA. Makes the federal case tougher.

If it’s a turf or politics thing they should be removed. Petty.


20 posted on 02/12/2026 7:47:54 PM PST by Fledermaus ("It turns out all we really needed was a new President!")
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