The head of a state workers' group said claims of bribery are "crazy allegations."
Dana Cope, president of the State Employees Association of North Carolina, told Dome after a hearing today that he was involved in an offer by attorney Tom Harris to drop a public records lawsuit if state Treasurer Richard Moore would back a bill.
He said that the records request was directly related to the bill, which would transfer the treasurer's role in managing the state pension fund to a board of trustees.
"The only reason why we sought the public information request is to make an independent determination is there a pay-for-play going on," he said. "If that is true, that would help us obtain a statutory change that we filed last legislative session in order to reform the system like every other state in the country."
He said Moore's attorney, Kieran Shanahan, was trying to "take the public's eye off the ball."
"Shanahan shenanigans are in play here," he said.
Judge Jim Hardin did not make a ruling on the allegation or the motion to dismiss the case today.
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Re: SEANC: Request was related to bill
SEANC didn't just try to bribe, they tried to coerce.
SEANC should know that legislation supported under the color of coercion is not just wrong, it's illegal.
Moore knew what he was doing when he hired Shanahan.
Shanahan is a man of integrity and guts - a fighter pilot in the court room. And, if GOP had any sense they'd run him for Attorney General.