Cincinnati City Councilman Wendell Young was offered a deal to plead guilty to criminal charges in the Gang of Five texting case, but he said he declined the offer because it was ridiculous.
In an exclusive conversation with The Enquirer on Wednesday morning, Young acknowledged for the first time publicly that he s the focus of an ongoing special investigation into text messages among five Democratic council members.
Young didn t detail the terms of the deal he was offered about three weeks ago. They wanted me to do something I just couldn t do, he said.
The city, representing the five council members, admitted in spring 2019 that the elected officials had violated Ohio s Open Meetings Act by texting with each other about city business. For that, the city paid a $101,000 settlement.
woodruff: spencer michels reports on the campaign against hepatitis-b a deadly disease afflicting millions of asians worldwide. about one in 20 people in the world are chronically infected. one in 20. 10 times more than people in the world are infected with h.i.v. michelle, my belle. lehrer: and we close with paul mccartney singing for the president and the first lady at the white house. that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: but the workings froze in the deep, cold water. after that, a hose was inserted into the leaking pipe to siphon oil. it sucked up some of the oil, but not nearly all of it . the efforts to clog the crippled blowout preventer and plug the well. after three days, they were deemed a failure this past weekend. in today s financial times, b.p. s hayward conceded it was an entirely fair criticism to say the oil giant had been unprepared for this disaster. what is undoubtedly true, he s