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The Conflicted Cooch 0

In recent years, the Commonwealth’s Attorney-General post has become a post sought by persons who want to become Governor. In the past, they have resigned when they commenced the gubernatorial race.

Not so the Cooch, and it has led to some difficulties. The Roanoke Times outlines a few:

By staying put, he (The Cooch–ed.) has exposed himself and his campaign to several unflattering conflict-of-interest accusations since March, forcing him to disengage his office from several legal matters since March.

He’s recused his office from civil and criminal cases that involve Star Scientific Inc., a Henrico-based nutritional supplements manufacturer, and turned them over to private law firms.

Likewise, Cuccinelli’s office had to back away as the prosecutor in a felony theft case it launched against the former chef to Gov. Bob McDonnell and his family at the Executive Mansion.

It has been scorched more recently by questions about the role the office played in allegedly helping a major energy company fighting a lawsuit filed by far Southwest Virginia residents who allege it is extracting gas from their land without paying them for it.

The Richmonder sees no exit:

Ken Cuccinelli can’t escape the consequences of his past actions; he cannot escape his conflicts of interest. every time another bill is released, the story of Ken Cuccinelli’s many conflicts of interest will be splashed across the newspapers of the Commonwealth of Virginia–even the Richmond Times Dispatch won’t be able to avoid publishing them.

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