Posted on 01/10/2012 8:26:26 PM PST by CedarDave
This is the fourth federal investigation of former Gov. Bill Richardson or his administration ...
One ended with no charges but a strongly worded letter that the state’s procurement system had been corrupted. It did cost Richardson a position as commerce secretary under President Barack Obama.
A second investigation ended with two heavily redacted federal appeals court decisions and no charges.
A third, involving state investments, entered the federal investigation equivalent of interdimensional space where we may never hear of it again.
And now we are on No. 4, which centers on how Richardson and friends paid off a threatened civil lawsuit by a female former state employee during his presidential campaign.
The one constant: Our usually loquacious two-term governor keeps his mouth shut when it comes to the feds kicking over the rocks of municipal bond road financing, state investments or campaign contributions.
The silent treatment is selective and not typical of a guy who would run over you to get to a TV camera — especially one affiliated with a national network.
Last month, Richardson was on the national scene talking about the succession of power in North Korea, but he isn’t talking about the federal grand jury investigation in New Mexico — or the allegations that led to it.
The Journal has learned the former employee was prepared to file a civil lawsuit alleging a sexual relationship with Richardson during her state employment that she claimed was coerced. The threatened lawsuit was settled for $250,000.
We’ve reported the investigation isn’t looking into the alleged relationship itself but into the source of the money used to pay the settlement and how it might have been linked to Richardson’s short-lived presidential campaign.
(Excerpt) Read more at abqjournal.com ...
This is not the first time Richardson has been in trouble for his "touchy feely" ways. See:
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