The New Mexico Attorney General's office says it's taking over an investigation into the apparent destruction of emails and other electronic records within the Dona Ana County District Attorney's office.
New Mexico Attorney General and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gary King said Monday it appears the disappearance of the information was not a simple clerical error, but the planned destruction of state records.
King left the news conference before answering any questions.
The flap over the emails stemmed from a request by the state Democratic Party for public records related to then-District Attorney Susana Martinez's first campaign for governor.
Martinez is a Republican, as is her former chief deputy, Amy Orlando, who replaced Martinez as district attorney when Martinez was elected governor. D'Antonio, a Democrat, beat Orlando in the 2012 election.
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