San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus returned to the witness stand Tuesday on the second day of her removal hearing as county attorneys sought to depict her as a vindictive leader who blurred personal and professional boundaries.

The sheriff’s defense team, led by former U.S. Labor Secretary Tom Perez, pushed back against the claims, arguing the effort against Corpus stems from political retaliation by an old guard resistant to reforming a department long plagued by misconduct, corruption, and misogyny, much of which was pinned on her predecessor Carlos Bolanos.

Perez framed Corpus’ rise as a reformer — and the first Latina sheriff in county history — as the reason she became a target of entrenched critics.

Defense attorney Christopher Ulrich on Monday had argued that tensions with

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