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Secretary of State Dianna Duran and Republicans have trotted out GOP Executive Director Bryan Watkins as the most recent talking head to champion their effort to sell New Mexicans the bill of goods that our state is being overrun with systematic voter fraud. Continue Reading
The lawyer representing Third Judicial District Judge Mike Murphy has filed several motions seeking the dismissal of bribery charges against his client. Continue Reading
The state’s district attorneys have agreed to take a company that provides a victim notification system up on its offer to continue the service for two months for free while they seek other funding to keep the system going. Continue Reading
Gov. Susana Martinez pocket vetoed a bill earlier this year that would have funded a victim notification system she helped bring to New Mexico years ago as a district attorney. With federal funding for the system ending today, the state’s district attorneys are scrambling to try to find a way to keep the system going. Continue Reading
The U.S. attorney for Western Texas has taken over the firearms trafficking case against officials from the Town of Columbus and others. Continue Reading
The chief justice of the N.M. Supreme Court says that, at the conclusion of the bribery case involving District Judge Mike Murphy, the state’s judges will be able to hold their heads high because the judiciary will have handled the case responsibly. Continue Reading
Contrary to popular belief, the Mexican government is “gaining the upper hand in a drug war that has turned much of the border region and parts of interior Mexico into war zones,” an expert on the topic asserts in a column published by the Houston Chronicle. Continue Reading
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. Continue Reading
The criminal trial of indicted Third Judicial District Judge Mike Murphy will be held in November, the case’s judge decided at a hearing held today. Continue Reading
Attorney General Gary King has invited members of the media to attend a Friday news conference at which he plans to talk about corruption cases. Continue Reading
My efforts to obtain the evidence behind Secretary of State Dianna Duran’s claim that she has found instances of foreign nationals illegally voting have been shot down again, this time by the Taxation and Revenue Department. Continue Reading
Attorney General Gary King will “publicly address his critics’ concerns very soon,” his spokesman says, adding that criticism of King is off the mark and “based on obvious misinformation.” Continue Reading
Attorney General Gary King has lately been “dragging his public trust to political depths previously unplumbed” and should consider “recusing himself from office,” The Santa Fe New Mexican says. Continue Reading
State police on Thursday executed two search warrants as part of the ongoing investigation into allegations of bribery involving judges in Las Cruces, the Las Cruces Sun-News is reporting. Continue Reading
UPDATED: Third Judicial District Judge Mike Murphy, already facing felony bribery charges, is now facing an additional misdemeanor charge of violating the state’s Governmental Conduct Act. Continue Reading