Guide Note

Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee's son, David Huckabee, was allegedly involved in the hanging of a stray dog while acting as a counselor a boy scout camp. In late 2007, Mike Huckabee came under scrutiny for his alleged involvement in preventing an investigation into the incident.

Fast Facts

1. Birth date: July 22, 1980
2. Incident occurred at Camp Pioneer in Hatfield, Arkansas in 1998, when David Huckabee was 17
3. David Huckabee was arrested for possessing a weapon in a prohibited place at the Little Rock airport in April 2008

According to John Bailey, who was the director of Arkansas state police in 1998, Mike Huckabee's chief of staff and personal lawyer asked Bailey to deny a request from the state prosecutor to investigate the dog-hanging incident. Seven months later, Huckabee fired Bailey and cited one of the reasons as: "I couldn't get you to help me with my son when I had that problem." ¹