It was Abe Lincoln who said, "A house divided against itself cannot stand."
Now, the Arizona Attorney General's Office and the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club are testing that theory in a bidding war for the bikers' clubhouse in Phoenix. State prosecutors, who obtained a half interest in the property under forfeiture laws, are competing with the outlaw club's Cave Creek Charter to buy the house through a court-ordered auction.
Sonny Barger, a co-founder of the Hells Angels and member of the Cave Creek outfit (which is really in Phoenix), said the whole thing seems crazy: "Somebody in the state wants to say they threw us out of the clubhouse, even if they've got to buy it to prove it. Where do they get the money to do that?"
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