[CapitalGazette] A grand jury indicted Anne Arundel County Register of Wills Erica Griswold on Friday after state prosecutors accused the elected official of cashing a check worth thousands of dollars intended to pay a citizen's inheritance tax.
Griswold, 50, has been charged with misconduct in office, misappropriation by fiduciary and theft, the indictment shows..
According to the indictment, on or about June 16, the Anne Arundel County Register of Wills Office received a cashier's check worth $6,645. It was sent by an unnamed beneficiary of an estate open with the office who wanted to pay their non-probate inheritance tax....
Weeks later, in early August, the beneficiary contacted the office after receiving another invoice for the inheritance tax. According to the indictment, beginning in August and "continuing for several months thereafter, numerous employees of the Office communicated to Griswold the importance of repaying the $6,645."
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A look at the article lead to confirmation of an all to easy to make assumption.
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Given, Ms. Griswold was the 1st African American to hold this County Register position in its 246-year history.
IF convicted. She will be a major embarrassment to the 100's of 1000's honest hard working minorities in various government civil service positions.
Why do I say IF?
Aside from the obvious PC & DEI political issues at play here. As others have pointed out. Her salary pays 6 figures a year, and something doesn’t seem to add up over this check for a few thousand dollars.
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The county neighbors Baltimore and includes Annapolis. It is a mix of economic and social classes. There is some spillover of crime from Baltimore and the usual corruption of a Dem state capitol.
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So freaking tired of first this, first that. I want to see a company headline- First competent applicant hired. STFU about anything else.
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[NewsMax] Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis informed House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, on Friday that she will not turn over the records he sought from a special prosecutor working in her office, with whom she also allegedly had an affair, citing "confidentiality interests."
In a letter, Willis said Jordan's request to attorney Nathan Wade for records earlier this month violated "principles of separation of powers" and a "respect for the legal protections provided to attorney work."
Jordan sent a letter to Wade on Jan. 12 after a bombshell accusation made by co-defendant Michael Roman in the Georgia case Willis is prosecuting that she and Wade were having an affair, which should result in his case being dismissed.
Jordan and House Republicans became interested when invoices filed by Wade to the Fulton County District Attorney's Office (FCDAO) surfaced showing meetings with the White House that ostensibly involved the case against former President Donald Trump for election interference. Jordan sent the letter to inquire about the potential of "politically motivated investigations and the potential misuse of federal funds."
Wade "forwarded your letter to me as District Attorney for response," Willis wrote.
"Your letter is simply a restatement of demands that you have made in past correspondence for access to evidence in a pending Georgia criminal prosecution," Willis wrote in Friday's letter. "As I said previously, your requests implicate significant, well-recognized confidentiality interests related to an ongoing criminal matter. Your requests violate principles of separation of powers and federalism, as well as respect for the legal protections provided to attorney work product in ongoing litigation."
Jordan in his letter asked Wade for "all invoices, including credit card statements and individualized reimbursement requests, submitted by you or your law partners to the Fulton County District Attorney's Office relating to its investigation of President Trump," and "all contracts and financial arrangements between you and the Fulton County District Attorney's Office relating to its investigation of President Trump."
Wade, who has reportedly been paid at least $654,000 in legal fees by the FCDAO, reportedly purchased airline tickets for himself and Willis to travel together on trips to San Francisco, Miami, and the Caribbean, while they were investigating Trump.
Willis and Wade, among others, are likely to be subpoenaed for a Feb. 15 hearing over their relationship before Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee, who will decide whether Willis should be removed from the case.
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