Monday, May 01, 2006

Rell Sweeps Kristine Ragaglia to administrative duties

The Ap is reporting that Rell just learned of Regaglia's sealed grand jury testimony where Regalia admitted that she "took the same expensive hotel getaways, lavish dinners and limousine rides that were used to bribe the officials in Rowland's administration."


AP: Conn. Governor Reassigns Official

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BY MATT APUZZO Associated Press Writer

May 01,2006 | HARTFORD, Conn. -- Connecticut's governor stripped a top fraud investigator of her duties Monday after learning the official, a former assistant district attorney, had testified to receiving many of the same gifts that toppled former Gov. John G. Rowland's administration.



Updated: The Courant has a more in depth piece that can be viewed here. The previous AP piece came from a subscriber only site.

2 comments:

ctkeith said...

Does the Gov. know anything?

This woman has been SHOCKED more times than Frankenstein.

Don Pesci said...

No too much difference between cooperating witnesses and whistleblowers. One thing is certain: If you prosecute either, both dissappear. That was the point of the column. Earlier columns of mine called for the impeachment and trial of Rowland, much before anyone else. I couldn't offer an apology for Ragallia if I wanted to.