The hearing into whether to sustain San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus’ firing has been going on all week , and sitting through it has been an exercise in dissonance, discord and incongruity.

The centerpiece of the week has been two days of testimony by Corpus , and she was sometimes contradictory, sometimes self-pitying, sometimes incredible. As we sat in the courtroom, we were given glimpses into her leadership. One witness called it “confusion and chaos.” Another said the office environment was “toxic.”

On the stand, Corpus appeared determined to dominate her testimony, often using a question as a jumping-off point for her own grievances about her predecessor, disloyal staff and county officials who undermined her repeatedly.

It was aggressive victimhood, which her own leg

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