Seized Jewelry 'Unpretentious Set Of Earrings'?
From The Tulsa World ~ The jewelry that investigators suspect the state auditor and inspector accepted from an abstractor he regulated is an unpretentious set of earrings.
Kevin Krahl, the attorney for Lori McMahan, the wife of State Auditor and Inspector Jeff McMahan, said his client met with the FBI on Tuesday. Krahl said the gift allegedly from the abstractor, Steve Phipps, was a set of earrings, but "not an elaborate set."
FBI agents with a search warrant went last month to the home of McMahan's sister-in-law and seized an unidentified item of jewelry. The FBI has conferred several times with McMahan regarding his connections to Phipps, who once ran abstracting businesses in partnership with former state Sen. Gene Stipe of McAlester. The partnership is no more. Phipps has pleaded guilty to paying kickbacks to lawmakers who funnelled state money to his businesses.
McMahan's spokeswoman, Terri Watkins, said she was not aware that McMahan has any intention of stepping aside while the inquiry continues
Kevin Krahl, the attorney for Lori McMahan, the wife of State Auditor and Inspector Jeff McMahan, said his client met with the FBI on Tuesday. Krahl said the gift allegedly from the abstractor, Steve Phipps, was a set of earrings, but "not an elaborate set."
FBI agents with a search warrant went last month to the home of McMahan's sister-in-law and seized an unidentified item of jewelry. The FBI has conferred several times with McMahan regarding his connections to Phipps, who once ran abstracting businesses in partnership with former state Sen. Gene Stipe of McAlester. The partnership is no more. Phipps has pleaded guilty to paying kickbacks to lawmakers who funnelled state money to his businesses.
McMahan's spokeswoman, Terri Watkins, said she was not aware that McMahan has any intention of stepping aside while the inquiry continues
Labels: Campaign Finance Scandal, Gene Stipe. Jeff McMahan, Lori McMahan, Steve Phipps
posted by Mike McCarville @ 6:16 AM
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