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FILE - Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Keith Kaneshiro talks to The Associated Press in Honolulu, on March 2, 2016. A month before the start of a bribery trial against Honolulu's former top prosecutor, the judge who has been presiding over the case for several years is unexpectedly recusing himself. U.S. District Judge J. Michael Seabright issued an order Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024, rescuing himself in the case against former Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Keith Kaneshiro. (AP Photo/Cathy Bussewitz, File)

Judge in a bribery case against Honolulu’s former top prosecutor is suddenly recusing himself

By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 12, 2019, file photo, retired Honolulu police chief Louis Kealoha and his wife, former deputy city prosecutor Katherine Kealoha, hold hands while walking to U.S. district court in Honolulu. A once-respected, now-estranged power couple are scheduled to be sentenced Monday, Nov. 30, 2020, in Hawaii's biggest corruption case. A jury convicted Katherine and Louis Kealoha of conspiracy in a plot to frame her uncle to keep him from revealing fraud that financed their fancy lives. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, File)

Ex-Hawaii prosecutor, police chief get prison for corruption

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER - Associated Press

Judge approves sentencing date in Hawaii corruption case

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 20, 2017 file photo, former Honolulu Police Chief Louis Kealoha, right, and his wife, Katherine, leave federal court in Honolulu. Taxpayers will be funding attorneys to defend the former Honolulu police chief and his wife in their corruption case. U.S. District Judge J. Michael Seabright on Thursday, Nov. 9, determined they're eligible to receive court-appointed counsel at no cost. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones, File)

Taxpayers to fund defense team for ex-police chief, wife

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER - Associated Press