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Elsewhere a long table populated with party strategists, consultants and media figures such as Puck founding partner Baratunde Thurston and “The View” alumnus Abby Huntsman debated the merits of red and blue mirages, in front of a classic red barn.

Inspector General Max Huntsman, the county watchdog whose office is tasked with overseeing the Sheriff’s Department, said McDonnell’s emphasis on discipline and accountability sparked opposition from the union and made him unpopular with some deputies, while outsiders faulted the lack of a sweeping overhaul.

The Peace Over Violence investigation had also led to other allegations, including the claim — repeated frequently by Villanueva — that Huntsman was involved in tipping off Kuehl before the Sheriff’s Department searched her home.

The allegations at the center of the suit date back to early 2022, when Inspector General Max Huntsman accused Villanueva, who was still sheriff at the time, of making a “racially based attack” and “dog whistling to the extremists he caters to” when he repeatedly referred to the inspector general by his foreign-sounding birth name, Max-Gustaf.

Not long after that, Villanueva also accused Huntsman of being a Holocaust denier.