Statement issued this afternoon from George Holding, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina:
“I am pleased Speaker Black has moved closer to accepting
responsibility for his crimes. The people of North Carolina entrusted
Speaker Black with responsibility and power. In return, Speaker Black
prostituted his office. Speaker Black’s crimes debase the essential
fabric of democracy, which is the peoples’ trust of elected officials.“Speaker Black has the opportunity to come clean and cooperate with federal and state investigations.
“The investigation and prosecution of public corruption is and
will remain a priority of the United States Attorney’s Office and the
Federal Bureau of Investigation.”
Moved closer? That Alford plea sounds to me like he’s moving further away.
