“Campaign records, jewelry seized in searches linked to auditor”
This is absurd. This entire article seems to have a problem mentioning the party affiliation of the target of the investigation,
FBI agents seized campaign records after a search of state Auditor and Inspector Jeff McMahan’s Tecumseh home and later confiscated jewelry from his sister-in-law’s home, according to a published report.
At least one piece of jewelry agents seized was purchased by Steve Phipps, who has admitted to paying kickbacks to three state legislators, The Oklahoman reported Tuesday in a copyright story.
Phipps, who pleaded guilty in June to a federal conspiracy charge, has agreed to cooperate in the continuing investigation and is awaiting sentencing.
The FBI searches occurred Thursday, the same day two agents spent 90 minutes in the auditor’s office at the state Capitol. That visit was McMahan’s third interview with the FBI in an ongoing investigation of political corruption based in southeastern Oklahoma.
Now why might that be?
Oh, and the good little Democrat that he is:
A spokeswoman for McMahan says McMahan has no plans to step aside.
Shocking!
— The Ace