"The allegation that Ms. Hughes recorded an openly audible conversation in GOP Party headquarters with her cell phone is an absurd basis for a felony prosecution," an attorney for Virginia Beach GOP Chair Laura Hughes said in a statement.
Laura K. Hughes, an attorney and former Virginia Beach School Board member, was indicted Monday by a Virginia Beach grand jury, according to online court records.
Laura Hughes, an attorney who's also a former Virginia Beach school board member and the current chair of the Republican Party of Virginia Beach, was indicted on the charge this week.