Did the Rhode Island attorney general overreach in the Britt money laundering case?
The defense lawyer for political operative Jeffrey T. Britt says the case was âoverchargedâ but the attorney general says, âThe principle is worth fighting for.â
By Edward Fitzpatrick Globe Staff,Updated December 16, 2020, 5:50 p.m.
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WARWICK, R.I. â As a federal and state prosecutor, he has placed a House speaker, a Central Falls mayor, and three crooked North Providence councilmen behind bars.
But a judgeâs rejection of the stateâs case against political operative Jeffrey T. Britt is raising the question of whether Attorney General Peter F. Neronha overreached in this case â and if Brittâs high-profile exoneration will undermine the message that the prosecution intended.
Former Mattiello aide Britt acquitted of money-laundering charges, violating campaign-finance laws
Updated at 11:23 a.m. on Dec. 16, 2020.
HOUSE SPEAKER Nicholas A. Mattiello s former aide Jeffrey Britt was found not guilty Wednesday of money-laundering charges and violating campaign-finance violations. / AP FILE PHOTO / CHARLES KRUPA PROVIDENCE – Jeffrey Britt, the former aide to House Speaker Nicholas A. Mattiello, was acquitted Wednesday by R.I. Superior Court Judge Daniel Procaccini of money-laundering charges and allegations of violating campaign-finance laws. The charges were brought forth in an October trial that was tied to Mattiello’s 2016 re-election campaign when Britt worked for the house…
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R.I. House approves $12.75B state budget for fiscal 2021
REP. MARVIN ABNEY, D-Newport, the chairman of the House Finance Committee, discusses the fiscal 2021 state budget, which the House approved Wednesday. / COURTESY CAPITOL TV PROVIDENCE – The R.I. House approved a $12.75 billion budget Wednesday afternoon, one that distributes federal pandemic aid and general fund revenues among existing state programs and services. Designed as a bridge to the new year, it will cover the remaining six months in fiscal 2021, as well as the previous six months. It covers…
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Rhode Islanders will vote on $400 million in bond items in March
The proposed borrowing would fund affordable housing, parks and recreation, state college renovations
By Edward Fitzpatrick Globe Staff,Updated December 9, 2020, 8:06 p.m.
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PROVIDENCE â Rhode Islanders: get ready to head back to the ballot box.
After picking presidential nominees in June, deciding state legislative primaries in September, and surviving the tumultuous general election in November, Rhode Island voters will be asked to vote on $400 million in bond items in March.
On Tuesday night, the House Finance Committee voted 11 to 2 to pass a $12.7 billion state budget that uses federal coronavirus relief funds to plug a $275 million budget gap. With current fiscal year now nearly halfway over, the full House is scheduled to take up the budget at 3 p.m. on Dec. 16 at Veterans Memorial Auditorium.