Fitial said Attorney General Edward T. Buckingham could not have violated the law because there is no law that bars him from holding the partisan “greet and meet” gathering at the governor’s residence prior to the delegate election last year.
“I proved that he did not violate the law because there is no law barring what Buckingham did,” Fitial said.
Asked what he had to say about OPA’s investigation on Buckingham, Fitial said: “It is very disrespectful.”
“OPA thinks they are god,” he added.
Fitial declined to comment on the merits of the case filed by his AG against OPA, but said there is a law that prohibits the act committed by OPA.
Buckingham and Finance Secretary Larrisa Larson filed a lawsuit in Superior Court, seeking a declaratory judgment on the contracts of attorneys Joseph Przyuski and Brian McMahon with OPA.
Przyuski was the lead investigator of the political gathering that Buckingham hosted at Fitial’s residence.
According to concerned resident Glenn Hunter, the AG’s office began reviewing OPA contracts and investigating the legalities of Przyuski’s contract with OPA shortly after the AG received the reports on his alleged misconduct of hosting the political gathering.
The AG’s complaint described “that a controversy exists with respect to the validity of certain official actions that threaten an imminent waste of public funds.”
The complaint said the service contract for Przyuski was never submitted to the AG’s office for review, and was approved by Nancy Gottfried, another attorney employed by OPA.
