AMERICANALMANAC (Alan Benson) - Hawaii Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke indicted on bribery charges in state corruption probe
A grand jury has indicted Hawaii's Democratic Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke on bribery and conspiracy charges tied to an alleged cash-for-contracts scheme during the COVID-19 pandemic, and her own governor is now calling on her to step down. Luke faces charges of criminal conspiracy to commit bribery, bribery, and falsifying candidate committee reports, all stemming […] The post Hawaii Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke indicted on bribery charges in state corruption probe appeared first on American Almanac .
A grand jury has indicted Hawaii's Democratic Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke on bribery and conspiracy charges tied to an alleged cash-for-contracts scheme during the COVID-19 pandemic, and her own governor is now calling on her to step down. Luke faces charges of criminal conspiracy to commit bribery, bribery, and falsifying candidate committee reports, all stemming from payments she allegedly accepted from a local lobbyist in January 2022, when she still served as a state lawmaker. She is one of five defendants swept up in the case, which grew out of a federal bribery probe and landed in the hands of Hawaii Attorney General Anne Lopez's office. The indictment lays out a straightforward allegation: lobbyist and businessman Tobi Solidum, who…Open