Boy Scouts Controversy
During his father's 2008 presidential campaign, both Newsweek and the Los Angeles Times reported that the younger Huckabee had been dismissed as a Boy Scout camp counselor in 1998. Huckabee, then 17, was alleged to have been involved in the hanging of a stray dog.
When an animal rights group sought records from the Arkansas state police the request was denied. John Bailey, the then-police chief reported that "(Mike Huckabee's) chief of staff and personal lawyer both pressured him to write a letter officially denying the local prosecutor's request." Mike Huckabee fired Bailey seven months later. In December 2007, Bailey told Newsweek that the governor told him "I've lost confidence in your ability to do your job" and "I couldn't get you to help me with my son when I had that problem."
Mike Huckabee flatly denied Bailey's account. He insisted his son did not engage in "intentional torture." A campaign official said that David Huckabee "regrets the incident."
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