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New Mexico Finance Authority Says Obama's Feds Asked Agency NOT To Make
Supoena Public In Pay-To-Play Scheme
Don Gabacho
Jun 15, 9:57 pm
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From: Don Gabacho
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:57:28 -0400
Local: Mon, Jun 15 2009 9:57 pm
Subject: New Mexico Finance Authority Says Obama's Feds Asked Agency NOT To
Make Supoena Public In Pay-To-Play Scheme
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NMFA chairman says feds asked the agency not to release subpoena
By Trip Jennings 6/12/09 1:42 PM
So far the New Mexico Finance Authority has refused to make public the
subpoena the agency has received from federal prosecutors as part of an
ongoing federal investigation into allegations of pay-to-play government.
Lawmakers heard this week from the agency's board chairman Stephen Flance
why the agency has taken that position.
"When the Justice Department sends you a letter saying you are requested to
not disclose the existence of the subpoena. I am going to pay attention to
that," Flance told lawmakers Wednesday during a meeting of the legislative
New Mexico Finance Authority Oversight Committee. "They also said premature
disclosure could affect the outcome of the investigation."
It appears that NMFA, like other state agencies, is siding with the feds in
the balancing act that pits the prosecutors' request ¡X note: it's a request
¡X against the state's inspection of public records act.
While the NMFA ¡X and other New Mexico state agencies ¡X have sided with the
feds against the release of public records, state agencies in other states
have not always chosen that path during a federal investigation. In
Connecticut, the governor's office in 2004 made subpoenas available to the
press despite a request from the U.S. Attorney's Office that the subpoenas
not be made public. I know because I was one of the reporters covering that
story.
Ultimately the governor of that state, John Rowland, pleaded guilty to
corruption and spent roughly 10 months in federal prison.
Subpoenas often can offer a glimpse into what prosecutors are looking for
by the records they request. Those records can be anything from financial
records to e-mails from and to specific individuals.
NMFA of course isn't the only New Mexico agency to not turn over subpoenas
from federal prosecutors. The New Mexico State Investment Council and the
Educational Retirement Board have refused requests to make subpoenas
public. The Independent has asked the ERB to reconsider its denial of the
two subpoenas it has received based on a letter the agency's chairman sent
asking that the subpoenas be released.
At the same time the office of Gov. Bill Richardson made public a subpoena
it had received earlier this year.
http://newmexicoindependent.com/29432/nmfa-chairman-says-feds-asked-t...
http://snipurl.com/k759q
Note:
[Bill Richardson's "non-profit Moving America Forward" project a "Latino
Voter Registration Drive" featuring functionaries of the Mexican Government
registering voters for U.S. elections.]:
Subpoena calls for Richardson's nonprofit records
by: LP
Fri Jan 30, 2009 at 11:21:52 AM MST
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The sage of Bill Richardson took another twist on Thursday, when a subpoena
came out to vault Richardson back into the headlines for all the wrong
reasons.
Frank Foy, a former chief investment officer at the Education
Retirement Board, previously filed a civil complaint alleging that pressure
was exerted on officers at his former agency and at the State Investment
Council to make investments that would reward political campaign
contributors of Richardson.
Now Foy is seeking information into the Moving America Forward
Foundation, a nonprofit organization set up by Richardson that took in $1.7
million. Its contributors have not been made public.
More bad news and another headache for Richardson. So far, 2009 is shaping
up to not be a year to remember for the formerly popular governor.
LP :: Subpoena calls for Richardson's nonprofit records
http://www.nmfbihop.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=2382
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