This attorney defended Duran and others charged with corruption. Here’s what she’s learned.
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Erlinda Ocampo Johnson doesn’t believe former Secretary of State Dianna Duran is a bad person. Continue Reading
Prepare for a long court battle in Duran case
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Secretary of State Dianna Duran is represented by Erlinda Ocampo Johnson, an attorney who helped clear one of the defendants in the housing authority scandal. Johnson is trying to get the attorney general disqualified from prosecuting Duran, which attorneys for the housing authority defendants also tried in that case. Continue Reading
King to talk Friday about corruption cases
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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
Paper: AG playing politics, should consider resigning
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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
Supreme Court lets AG prosecute housing authority case
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The N.M. Supreme Court has given Attorney General Gary King’s office a green light to proceed with prosecution of the case against defendants in the housing authority scandal, the Albuquerque Journal is reporting. Continue Reading
Audit reveals more housing authority problems
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A newly released special audit of the Region III Housing Authority finds that board members and employees were using agency money “as their own private ATM cash machine,” State Auditor Hector Balderas says. Continue Reading
Housing authority defendants ask high court to remove AG
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The defendants in a case involving the state’s housing authorities have asked the N.M. Supreme Court to remove AG Gary King and his office from the case. Continue Reading
Appeals court: AG can prosecute housing authority case
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The Court of Appeals has ruled that Attorney General Gary King can prosecute the defendants in a case involving the state’s housing authorities even though his office also represents the authorities in a civil capacity. Continue Reading
Martinez softens rhetoric against Denish
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After being called out last week for falsely saying Lt. Gov. Diane Denish has done nothing to combat corruption, Republican gubernatorial candidate Susana Martinez is toning down the rhetoric a bit, now saying Denish has “failed to lead on the issue of corruption.” Continue Reading
Denish has stood up against corruption
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It’s one thing to say Democratic gubernatorial candidate Diane Denish hasn’t done enough to combat corruption as lieutenant governor. But the claim that she has done nothing to fight corruption simply isn’t true. Continue Reading
Judge dismisses civil case against bond attorney in housing authority scandal
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A judge has agreed to dismiss the State Investment Council’s civil case against a bond attorney involved in the housing authority scandal and that attorney’s counterclaims against the state agency. Continue Reading
Corruption, economy are the top stories of 2009
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With the governor spending most of the year dogged by a grand jury investigation and several other cases leading to indictments, public corruption took center stage in New Mexico in 2009. It’s No. 1 on Heath Haussamen’s list of the top 10 political stories of the year. Continue Reading
Guv may be deposed in housing authority case
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Gov. Bill Richardson may be asked to share, under oath, whether he knows anything about the scandal in the state’s housing authority system that culminated in 2006 with the default of $5 million in bonds owed to the State Investment Council. Continue Reading
Housing authority bond deal involved CDR
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In a new, in-depth report into the embattled CDR Financial Products, Bloomberg details $27.7 million in bonds NM’s Region III Housing Authority sold in 2003 “with the help of” CDR. Continue Reading
State investment officer resigns amid scandal
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The state’s top investment officer, Gary Bland, resigned Wednesday in a letter to Gov. Bill Richardson. His resignation comes in the middle of a pay-to-play scandal involving state investments that’s the subject of federal and state criminal investigations. Continue Reading