Gov. Ned Lamont on Thursday said Chief State’s Attorney Richard Colangelo Jr. would “be gone” if the governor had the power to fire him.
The governor’s remarks came at a press conference a day after the state released the results of an independent investigation into Colangelo’s hiring of Anastasia Diamantis, the daughter of Kostantinos “Kosta” Diamantis, a former deputy secretary of the Office of Policy and Management.
The FBI is investigating the state-financed reconstruction of the State Pier in New London and school construction grants overseen by Kostantinos “Kosta” Diamantis before the administration of Gov. Ned Lamont fired him from a top budget post.
A federal grand jury issued a subpoena for all emails, text messages and attachments involving Diamantis and a broad range of construction projects on Oct. 20, eight days before he was removed as the state’s second-highest budget official and its school construction grants director.