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.
R.I. political operative Jeff Britt cleared of charges in money laundering trial
By Edward Fitzpatrick and Dan McGowan Globe Staff,Updated December 16, 2020, 10:58 a.m.
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Jeffrey T. Britt listens to Wednesday s verdict via video conference from his Florida location. A state Superior Court judge cleared the political operative of money laundering in a trial stemming from House Speaker Nicholas A. Mattiello s 2016 campaign.David DelPoio/The Providence Journal (Pool) (Custom credit)/David DelPoio
WARWICK, R.I. â A state judge on Wednesday cleared political operative Jeffrey T. Britt of all wrongdoing stemming from House Speaker Nicholas A. Mattielloâs 2016 re-election campaign, dismissing a felony money laundering charge and finding him not guilty of a misdemeanor campaign finance violation.
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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