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Attorney Jamie B. Martin Was “Legal Advisor” to COPN Reform Group — But Didn’t Publicly Disclose Sentara Connection

2021-03-12

C&BP Investigation Reveals a Second Time Lawyer Didn’t Publicly Disclose Her Ties to Healthcare Giant.

Salon Reports on Our Request that McConnell Remove Graham from Senate Judiciary

2021-03-10

Georgia Sec. of State Raffensperger told CNN he felt Graham was telling him to “look hard and see how many ballots you could throw out.”

Reader Says: “There is more than meets the eye to the issue of Sentara”

2021-03-9

As our investigations progress, we often find that some of our best insights come from readers. Please keep sending them to us.

Who Gets the “F” Grade Now? 2 ½ Years After C&BP’s Request for Public Records, NYC Mayor De Blasio’s Folks are Still Looking

2021-03-5

NYC found 4,294 relevant emails, but we were told it would be a “burden” to give them to us. We hired a lawyer, refiled a simpler request, but we couldn’t get the emails. We trimmed our request to about 100 emails. We appealed to various elected officials. Mr. Mayor, you’re turning this into an opera!

C&BP Files Ethics Complaint Against Judge Who Ruled in Favor of Sentara Healthcare, a Former Private Practice Client

2021-03-2

Update: Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission rejects our complaint against Judge Hall, saying it “does not intervene in pending cases…. You may refile, with a copy of the final order, “and the Commission will consider your allegation at that time.”

Judge Hall Is Silent but We Hear from the Office of the Virginia Supreme Court

2021-02-25

It’s remarkable that the comment about Hall’s potential conflict came not from her clerk of court, but from a spokesperson for the state Supreme Court. Those who are most familiar with the issue kicked it upstairs.

Hatch Act Unit: C&BP Complaint Against Former Ed. Sec. DeVos Still Under Investigation

2021-02-23

On Feb. 16, Hatch Act Unit Chief Ana Galindo-Marrone responded to our inquiry and affirmed the case against Betsy DeVos was still open. She promised to send us a letter with her determination once the investigation was complete.