Attorney General Anne Lopez provided a scheduled, biweekly update on Friday, concerning the ongoing investigation into possible public corruption. This comes after a Feb. 13 briefing in which she vowed to update the public every two weeks on the department’s progress.
Lopez held firm in not releasing the identity of the person or person(s) involved despite concerns that the identity of these person(s) could still be at the legislature while in session. “What I can say is that—continuing to ask that question isn’t helping anybody. While it’s not a distraction for us, I’m not going to answer it, and people just have to be patient,” she said.
It’s been several weeks since federal authorities informed state officials that they would provide to the attorney general evidence concerning an alleged incident involving an unnamed “influential state legislator” who is alleged to have accepted approximately $35,000 in funds…