Post by Logan on Apr 8, 2016 4:03:22 GMT -6
SANTA FE – Special protections for legislators are meant to help them do their jobs, not evade laws, Attorney General Hector Balderas said Thursday in the ongoing row over whether the Legislature must turn over records related to former state Sen. Phil Griego.
Griego is being prosecuted by Balderas’s office for alleged crimes related to his involvement in the sale of a state-owned building in 2014, while he was in the Senate. He has pleaded not guilty.
The Legislative Council Service told state District Judge David Thomson in a filing Wednesday that documents sought by the AG are “absolutely privileged” and must be kept confidential if the Legislature’s independence and integrity are to be preserved.
The LCS, the Legislature’s administrative arm, cited the so-called Speech or Debate Clause of the state Constitution.
Read more: www.abqjournal.com/753265/news/ag-ratchets-up-dispute-with-legislature-over-griego-records.html
Griego is being prosecuted by Balderas’s office for alleged crimes related to his involvement in the sale of a state-owned building in 2014, while he was in the Senate. He has pleaded not guilty.
The Legislative Council Service told state District Judge David Thomson in a filing Wednesday that documents sought by the AG are “absolutely privileged” and must be kept confidential if the Legislature’s independence and integrity are to be preserved.
The LCS, the Legislature’s administrative arm, cited the so-called Speech or Debate Clause of the state Constitution.
Read more: www.abqjournal.com/753265/news/ag-ratchets-up-dispute-with-legislature-over-griego-records.html