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Better late than never?

CitizenOpinionated — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:55:40 -0400

"Attorney General Cooper earlier this year directed the State Bureau of Investigation to investigate matters related to the former Governor and other issues," wrote Kristi Hyman

"Earlier this year" - as in a few days ago after it was clear that Easley was going down and Cooper did not want to join the ranks of Bev Perdue in the eyes of the public perception...

Re: SBI investigating Easley, too

cdtew — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:59:13 -0400

Here goes Cooper, charging in on his white stallion, only after the FBI has done all the footwork and basically trapped him into getting involved.

No, he certainly never could have discovered any wrongdoing say, oh, 3 years ago.

SBI investigating Easley, too

markjohnson — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:37:15 -0400

The State Bureau of Investigation is also investigating former Gov. Mike Easley.

Attorney General Roy Cooper's office confirmed in a letter Monday to Senate Republican Leader Phil Berger that the SBI is working alongside the FBI in examining Easley's activities. Federal officials have sought testimony or evidence related to a Carteret County land development where Easley bought a lot, car dealers who provided free vehicles to Easley and the N.C. State University officials who hired Easley's wife and gave her an $88,000 raise.

"Attorney General Cooper earlier this year directed the State Bureau of Investigation to investigate matters related to the former Governor and other issues," wrote Kristi Hyman, Cooper's chief of staff. "Our agents have been working with the U.S. Attorney's Office and the Federal Bureau of Investigation."

Cooper oversees the SBI, which also worked with federal agents on the prosecution of former House Speaker Jim Black in 2007.

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