The Delaware Department of Justice on Monday responded to State Auditor Kathy McGuinessâ claims that her trial was unfair. McGuiness asked the judge last week to overrule the jury and acquit her on each of the charges on which she was found guilty â or grant a new trial on those charges. In prosecutorsâ response to McGuinessâ motions, they said …
The Delaware Senate on Monday passed a resolution to begin a process Democratic leadership hopes will result in the removal of one of their own: State Auditor Kathleen McGuiness. Every Republican voted against the measure, putting them in line with House Speaker Pete Schwartzkopf, D-Rehoboth, who said he has âno intention of calling the House into session to consider this …
The Delaware Senate will reconvene in a special session Monday to consider a resolution to initiate the removal of State Auditor Kathleen McGuiness, its Democratic leadership announced Thursday. Senate Republicans indicated a few hours after the announcement that they were opposed to the idea until her trial had run its course. The auditor’s was convicted of three misdemeanors including abuse …
State Auditor Kathleen McGuiness, who on July 1 was found guilty of three misdemeanor corruption charges, has asked the judge in her trial to overrule the juryâs verdict. Separately, defense attorney Steve Wood asked Superior Court Judge William Carpenter Jr. to grant a new trial on the three counts on which she was found guilty, citing numerous perceived errors made …
Testimony concluded Wednesday afternoon in the criminal corruption trial of State Auditor Kathleen McGuiness. Now that both sides have rested, the jury will hear closing statements and the judgeâs instructions Thursday, then begin deliberations. McGuiness is charged with multiple felonies and misdemeanors alleging conflict of interest, theft, non-compliance with procurement law, official misconduct and witness intimidation. Sheâs accused of arranging …
The State of Delaware rested its case against State Auditor Kathleen McGuiness Tuesday after eight and a half days of testimony. McGuinessâ defense team began presenting its case and hopes to wrap it up by Wednesday afternoon. Defense attorney Steve Wood asked Superior Court Judge William Carpenter to issue a judgment of acquittal on each of the five charges against …
State Auditor Kathleen McGuinessâ defense attorney on Monday grilled a Department of Justice investigator who admitted to making multiple false statements under oath. Franklin Robinson, chief investigator of the Justice Departmentâs Division of Civil Rights and Public Trust, said he got âtwisted upâ when he admitted during an April suppression hearing that a search warrant for McGuinessâ office included false …
Prosecutors in the criminal corruption trial of State Auditor Kathleen McGuiness say they plan to rest their case Monday, assuming everything goes according to plan. The trial entered its seventh day Friday and featured two former auditors and two former accountants. That testimony was about as exciting as it sounds. The real fireworks happened not on the witness stand, but …
State auditor Kathleen McGuinessâ former chief of staff took the stand Thursday to discuss his participation in the investigation that led to McGuinessâ indictment. Instead, he spent most of his time detailing a relationship he had with a subordinate staffer. Thomas Van Horn said during Day 6 of the criminal corruption trial that he was shocked when he was forced …
Prosecutors called State Auditor Kathleen McGuinessâ daughter to the stand Wednesday to testify about her employment with the office, her personal bank account and her use of a state-owned vehicle. Elizabeth âSaylarâ McGuinessâ testimony followed that of Christie Gross, a political consultant to whom McGuiness is accused of structuring payments to avoid regulator oversight. McGuiness is defending herself against multiple …
