Petition Calls for Investigation Into $35,000 Cash Payment to Hawaii Lawmaker
A petition with over 929 signatures calls for a legislative committee with subpoena powers to investigate a 2022 $35,000 cash transaction involving an unnamed influential lawmaker.
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Petition calls for inquiry on unnamed Hawaii lawmaker in corruption case
Former deputy Federal Public Defender Alexander Silvert asked state lawmakers Monday to convene a committee with subpoena and contempt powers to investigate an “unknown but influential legislator” who accepted $35,000 in a paper bag during an ongoing public corruption investigation. The transaction involving the $35,000 was recorded by former state Rep. Ty J.K. Cullen, who was acting as an FBI informant, and made public in March, said Silvert in…
Petition calls for inquiry on unnamed lawmaker in paper-bag-of-cash corruption case | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Former deputy Federal Public Defender Alexander Silvert asked state lawmakers Monday to convene a committee with subpoena and contempt powers to investigate an “unknown but influential legislator” who accepted $35,000 in a paper bag during an ongoing public corruption investigation.
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