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Joseph Kupfer, one of four people indicted in the case involving former Secretary of State Rebecca Vigil-Giron, was working during the time of the alleged crimes as a consultant in Vigil-Giron’s office, documents show. Continue Reading
The United States opted to not file charges against Gov. Bill Richardson and others in the GRIPgate probe and closed the case. So, from a legal standpoint, Richardson and the others are innocent, regardless of what U.S. Attorney Greg Fouratt says. Continue Reading
The New Mexico Independent has obtained the letter U.S. Attorney Greg Fouratt sent to the lawyers for people under investigation in the GRIPgate probe that ended last week and published it online. Continue Reading
A former aide to Gov. Bill Richardson who was once at the center of the GRIPgate probe reiterated on Friday — as the probe came to an end without charges being filed — what he’s said before: that he and the governor acted “appropriately and ethically at all times.” Continue Reading
The vast majority of those who voted in last week’s non-scientific poll on this site said Rebecca Vigil-Giron should be placed on administrative leave while the AG’s criminal case against her in pending. Continue Reading
Heath Haussamen talked by phone with the hosts of the FOX Business TV show Happy Hour on Thursday about the news that Gov. Bill Richardson and others won’t face criminal charges following a probe into pay-to-play allegations. Watch the segment here. Continue Reading
UPDATED: The fact that Gov. Bill Richardson and others won’t face criminal charges following a probe into pay-to-play allegations doesn’t mean they should consider themselves exonerated, U.S. Attorney Greg Fouratt says. Continue Reading
UPDATED: A number of Republicans are raising questions in light of today’s news that Gov. Bill Richardson and others won’t be charged following a federal investigation into allegations of pay to play in his administration. Continue Reading
Federal and state investigators are still looking into an investment scandal that involves some prominent Richardson friends and donors, Albuquerque pollster and analyst Brian Sanderoff pointed out.
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UPDATED: Gov. Bill Richardson and “former high-ranking members of his administration” won’t be charged following the federal investigation into allegations of pay to play in his administration, The Associated Press is reporting. Continue Reading
“At the PRC and elsewhere, we are reaping what we sowed,” the Albuquerque Journal’s Thomas J. Cole writes in an article published today. Continue Reading
Elizabeth Kupfer, one of four people indicted in the case involving former Secretary of State Rebecca Vigil-Giron, worked for about two months as a consultant on financial issues for Attorney General Gary King shortly after King took office in 2007. Continue Reading
Attorney General Gary King says his office has no “legal conflicts” that would prevent it from prosecuting the case against former Secretary of State Rebecca Vigil-Giron and three others. Continue Reading