*Editor’s note: This story has been edited to clarify the nature of this investigation.
HONOLULU (KHON2) — As Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke continues to deny she took any illegal cash, Gov. Josh Green is speaking out about the ongoing investigation into possible bribery at the Capitol.
“It’s concerning,” Green said. “Of course, we have to restore the public trust. I think that is obvious, and that’s why we are insisting that the Attorney General do a totally independent investigation. The legislature gave us very specific rules, a special division under the attorney general to do exactly that, and that’s what she’s doing, everyone else is walled off from this investigation, so it’s her job, and to restore the public trust, we need to have results, and we need to have them in a timely fashion, because I want to be focusing on things like affordability, housing, homelessness. But as you can see right now, with all of this concern, it’s harder to do,”…