Might as well morph this thread into an indictment thread now that the State Auditor has been indicted. That press conference by AG Jennings was something. She didn’t hold back about the public trust being violated. As you scroll through this existing thread, you will see all the particulars about the charges. But here’s the bare-bones bottom line:
Charges include ‘conflict-of-interest, felony theft, noncompliance with procurement law, official misconduct, and felony witness intimidation’.
KKMcG has signaled that she is running for governor. She must have thought, “Golly. If someone with as little substance as John Carney can be Governor, why not me?” Whatever her reasons, she seems to have started campaigning, and this criminal/legal/who the fuck knows? situation can’t be how she wanted to launch her candidacy. The slow rolling of events feels fishy. And that fishiness has prompted some to wonder if possible gubernatorial rivals might be up to something. I realize that this is speculation within speculation, and FTR, I think that second level speculation is utterly baseless.
For one thing McG doesn’t seem to need any help in screwing up. Also, what would Jennings or Hall-Long gain from fucking with or eliminating McG? Nothing as far as I can see. There is nothing but downside for anyone getting involved with McG.
Consider the idea that BHL is somehow involved in “going after” KKMcG. It just seems seems highly unlikely on its face to me. Hall-Long has established a fairly large group of supporters among dependable if dull party people who don’t need to be reminded to turnout on primary day. I don’t think she would be very nervous about a gadfly candidate like McG with no real support within the party. And when I say McG has no real support within the Party I am speaking of the Democratic Party of Delaware where she has not exactly distinguished herself as competent or a team player. Then again, BHL has a husband with a demonstrated ability to aim the gun at his own foot, and the steely nerves required to pull the trigger.
What about Jennings? This is even farther fetched. If Jennings is running, she REALLY has no need to get involved in investigating a potential rival. In fact, if this investigation (or whatever it is) seems like a very slow moving freight train that may be in part because the AG needs it to be both airtight and unimpeachable. One can easily imagine the AG seeing this on her desk for the first time and saying, “Oh Fuck. What an idiot.”
