Former Murkowski chief of staff pleads guilty to corruption
Jim Clark, former chief of staff to ex-Gov. Frank Murkowski, agreed to plead guilty Monday to a single felony charge of fraud in the latest case brought by the federal government in the Alaska corruption scandal.Clark admitted asking officials of the now-defunct oil-field service company Veco to illegally spend more than $68,000 on polls and political consultants for Murkowski’s failed re-election bid in 2006.
The expenditures were never disclosed, the government charged.
The charging documents and Clark’s plea were filed late Monday afternoon in U.S. District Court in Anchorage. Clark is expected to formally enter his plea before U.S. District Judge John Sedwick Tuesday afternoon.
Some say it’s a culture and this guy is a squealer.
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