Attorney General Gary King (Photo by Heath Haussamen)
Though at least one attendee called it a “Seinfeld news conference” (that means it was about nothing), Attorney General Gary King did talk about corruption cases and defend his record for 90 minutes on Friday.
From the Albuquerque Journal:
“In a meandering, 90-minute news conference in Albuquerque, King offered lengthy defenses of his office’s performance in three prominent cases while decrying the media for focusing its coverage on complaints from rival attorneys instead of positive work being done at his office.”
From the Las Cruces Sun-News:
“Speaking mostly from notes, King defended himself and his assistants in pursuing corruption cases, saying they had been more vigorous than any attorney general in New Mexico’s 99-year history.
“He said the media, by and large, had been too willing to accept unsubstantiated statements from defense lawyers who alleged conflicts and inconsistency by King and his staff.”
And from Capitol Report New Mexico:
“‘We cannot base our cases based on gut feelings,’ King said, adding that ‘If we find evidence of criminal activity, you can be assured we will bring that evidence to the appropriate authority or grand jury or to a district court judge or whatever.’”
The news conference came after an editorial in which The Santa Fe New Mexican wrote that King has lately been “dragging his public trust to political depths previously unplumbed” with his handling of corruption cases and should consider “recusing himself from office.”
Read the full Journal article here, the Sun-News article here, and the Capitol Report article – which includes video – here.