New Republican Attorney General Gentner Drummond hasn’t wasted any time in his first month in workplace.
Drummond, an legal professional and banker from Tulsa, has taken over from native district attorneys a number of pending investigations of state spending. Among them are probes into the Tourism Department and its contract with barbecue restaurant Swadley’s; former Epic Charter Schools officers; and an early pandemic aid program for instructional spending. He’s slowed the tempo of scheduled demise penalty executions and filed or joined a number of state lawsuits in opposition to the federal authorities.
Recently, Drummond’s workplace mentioned it might take over the prosecution of an legal professional charged in October in Garvin County with 13 felony counts alleging unlawful marijuana enterprise practices. The legal professional, Matt Stacy, was Gov. Kevin Stitt’s hospital surge adviser within the first 12 months of the coronavirus pandemic. Stacy has denied wrongdoing.
Drummond mentioned stepping up enforcement in opposition to unlawful marijuana develop operations is amongst his high priorities. He additionally desires to assist discover widespread floor with Oklahoma tribes within the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s McGirt sovereignty choice on legal prosecutions on tribal land.
As legal professional normal and the state’s high regulation enforcement officer, Drummond mentioned he primarily runs a regulation agency of 220 attorneys and…
