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Ah, yes.
Josh seems a particularly nasty type.
Very weird guy.
Governor Josh Shapiro, frontrunner in the rumor mill for Kamala Harris' VP pick, has been accused of a conflict of interest in which his gubernatorial office provided legal advice to a man they were also investigating. A new report from Broad + Liberty, based on a document they obtained, shows that Shapiro's office "may have been providing legal advice to then-Secretary of Legislative Affairs Mike Vereb while simultaneously investigating Vereb for workplace harassment claims made by one of his subordinates in March 2023."
This would be a major conflict of interest as it would mean that Shapiro's office was disingenuous in their investigation, as one cannot simultaneously investigate someone over abuse allegations and advise that person in regards to being investigated without doing a very poor job of one of those things. Vereb resigned from his position in September 2023 in a move that was reportedly "linked to workplace harassment allegations made months before by a female deputy who worked in Vereb’s office but lasted only a month before resigning." The harassment and sexual assault allegations were settled out of court for $295,000.
When Broad + Liberty attempted to obtain these documents showing the alleged conflict of interest, Shapiro's office "largely denied the request," they said, caused them to appeal to the Office of Open Records. In response to this, the governor's office "produced an exemption log for many of the documents it hoped to avoid having to turn over." Additional document requests have yielded no results, leading to speculation that the documents on the investigation do not exist.
In response to the requests, the governor's open records officer told Broad + Liberty that "If such investigation occurred, those records exist and are exempt – if no such investigation occurred, no such records exist."
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thepostmillennial.com
Josh seems a particularly nasty type.
Very weird guy.
Governor Josh Shapiro, frontrunner in the rumor mill for Kamala Harris' VP pick, has been accused of a conflict of interest in which his gubernatorial office provided legal advice to a man they were also investigating. A new report from Broad + Liberty, based on a document they obtained, shows that Shapiro's office "may have been providing legal advice to then-Secretary of Legislative Affairs Mike Vereb while simultaneously investigating Vereb for workplace harassment claims made by one of his subordinates in March 2023."
This would be a major conflict of interest as it would mean that Shapiro's office was disingenuous in their investigation, as one cannot simultaneously investigate someone over abuse allegations and advise that person in regards to being investigated without doing a very poor job of one of those things. Vereb resigned from his position in September 2023 in a move that was reportedly "linked to workplace harassment allegations made months before by a female deputy who worked in Vereb’s office but lasted only a month before resigning." The harassment and sexual assault allegations were settled out of court for $295,000.
When Broad + Liberty attempted to obtain these documents showing the alleged conflict of interest, Shapiro's office "largely denied the request," they said, caused them to appeal to the Office of Open Records. In response to this, the governor's office "produced an exemption log for many of the documents it hoped to avoid having to turn over." Additional document requests have yielded no results, leading to speculation that the documents on the investigation do not exist.
In response to the requests, the governor's open records officer told Broad + Liberty that "If such investigation occurred, those records exist and are exempt – if no such investigation occurred, no such records exist."
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BREAKING: New document shows Josh Shapiro may have been providing legal advice to senior aide accused of sexual harassment while publicly claiming to investigate him: report
This would be a major conflict of interest as it would mean that Shapiro’s office was disingenuous in their investigation.
thepostmillennial.com
