OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A special committee has raised $75,500 to help an Oklahoma schools superintendent who was charged in November with four felony counts involving her 2014 campaign.
The Oklahoman (https://bit.ly/2pU6wO8 ) reports the Joy Hofmeister Defense Fund was created in February under a rule approved by the Oklahoma Ethics Commission in 2014. The group filed its first report Sunday.
Hofmeister is accused of illegally conspiring with a dark money group to win the election in 2014. Prosecutors allege that the 52-year-old used the Oklahomans for Public School Excellence group to secretly accept illegal excessive donations and illegal corporate donations.
She faces two felony counts involving donations totaling $300,000 and two felony counts of conspiracy.
A preliminary hearing for Hofmeister’s case is scheduled in August. She maintains her innocence.
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Information from: The Oklahoman, https://www.newsok.com
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