State AG wants to see Tim Eyman’s financial records

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

OLYMPIA – Attorney General Bob Ferguson went to court Thursday to force Tim Eyman to hand over financial records for an investigation into whether the initiative promoter illegally moved money among two campaigns in 2012 and kept some for himself in the process.

Ferguson filed petitions in superior courts in Snohomish and Thurston counties to enforce subpoenas for tax records, bank receipts and correspondences from Eyman, the political committees he controls and the signature-gathering firm Citizen Solutions that was involved in the two campaigns.

Ferguson obtained the subpoenas in November and had receive only a “smattering” of heavily redacted documents in the ensuing months, according to a press release from his office. Eyman’s lawyer indicated he would seek court protection of materials considered privileged but never did so, the release stated
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“Tim Eyman and Citizen Solutions refuse to cooperate with my investigation. I will not accept that,” Ferguson said in a statement.

Mark Lamb, the Bothell attorney representing Eyman, said in an email that he did not turn over his client’s personal tax returns because he did not want them to become public records.

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http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20160609/NEWS01/160609173

[KT2000]

1. this should be interesting

would love to know how much he makes off of his ballot measures.

[Shrike47]

2. What the hell kind of game is his attorney playing? He doesn't produce or file a motion to limit?

Sure way to end up in contempt.

[PearliePoo2]

3. GOOD! This pompous, little disrupter needs to have

auditors crawling up his ass from now until the cows come in.
I can't stand this guy.

K&R

[Wounded Bear]

4. Long overdue...

get his gadfly ass. Fucking neo-con agitator.

[SeattleVet]

5. This could take him down, permanently.

I just read through the package that the AG filed that was linked in the article. There are some very serious charges (with testimony to back them) sprinkled throughout this document. It shows the dark underbelly of the paid signature gatherer business as well as giving testimony about how Eyman hid and moved money around; managed to get 'in-kind' kickbacks to get signatures; and generally has refused to comply with the multiple subpoenas that had been issued.

I think that he and his whole little criminal enterprise are going down, hard, this time. It could also provide a kick-start in changes to the initiative process to prevent the gross abuse that Timmy did.

[flying rabbit]

6. Interesting.

Hope it pans out.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

7. Looks like the judge is siding with the AG

http://mynorthwest.com/330323/judge-orders-eyman-to/

[SeattleVet]

8. ...and ANOTHER judge, too!

That's 2 major decisions against initiative grifter Timmy in the past week. The judge today warned about contempt charges for non-compliance.

I really think that we are seeing start to the final demise of Eyman's initiative machine.

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/politics/article/Judge-to-Eyman-s-signature-gathering-firm-Show-8336714.php