Ruling Implies Special Prosecutor Coming for Vigil-Giron

Rebecca Vigil-Giron

NMPolitics - A district judge ruled Wednesday that Attorney General Gary King’s office can’t prosecute a corruption case against former Secretary of State Rebecca Vigil-Giron and others because of perceptions of a conflict. King’s options now are to appeal the ruling or hand the case over to a special prosecutor – perhaps one of the state’s district attorneys. Lawyers for the defendants had alleged a conflict because the AG’s office provided counsel to the secretary of state on contracts related to the indictment, and also because of potential personal conflicts between one of the defendants and King, the Albuquerque Journal reported. Read full story here: News New Mexico

Ruling Implies Special Prosecutor Coming for Vigil-Giron