Editor’s note:This story contains crude language.
Pierce County Sheriff Keith Swank called prosecutors “motherfuckers” in text messages with a private attorney and referred to the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs as “libtards,” records show.
Swank’s texts are part of ongoing litigation over whether Joan Mell, a private attorney who has sought to represent Swank, has invaded Prosecutor Mary Robnett’s core function as legal advisor to county officials. Earlier this year, King County Judge Michael Ryan said Swank’s texts appeared to have been altered to remove potentially offensive remarks…