Letter: Independent Entity for Corruption Probe | Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Letter: Independent entity for corruption probe | Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Hawaii deserves clarity about the unresolved allegation that a legislator may have accepted $35,000 during the 2022 corruption probe. Like many, I’m frustrated that we still lack answers. More than half of today’s House members — myself included — were not serving then, yet this cloud hangs over all of us and continues to erode trust in our institutions.

Hawaii House speaker wants probe of lawmaker in corruption case

The speaker of the state House of Representatives is asking law enforcement officials to investigate allegations that an unnamed state lawmaker accepted $35,000 in campaign contributions in January 2022 during a federal public corruption probe. That probe ended the public service careers and led to federal prison sentences for ex-state Senate Majority Leader J. Kalani English and ex-state House Committee on Finance vice-chair Ty J.K. Cullen. Eng…