The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.)
PIERCE COUNTY, Wash. — Pierce County prosecutors have asked Sheriff Keith Swank to take down a social-media post where he said the Sheriff’s Office would not hire noncitizens. Prosecutors told Swank his statement is contrary to law and policy, and it could leave him and the county liable.
Swank was undeterred by the Jan. 21 legal memo deputy prosecuting attorney Michelle Luna sent him. His post remains up on X, where he frequently riffs on news and politics for his nearly 34,000 followers…