Indicted House Speaker Mike Hubbard asks for Dismissal of Ethics Charges

Indicted House Speaker Mike Hubbard is asking a judge to dismiss ethics charges against him after a political consultant said he discussed the grand jury with a state prosecutor.

Hubbard’s defense filed the accusation in a motion Tuesday. Political consultant Baron Coleman said in an affidavit that he had between 50 and 100 conversations with prosecutor Matt Hart about the investigation and grand jury.

Coleman said he used information from Hart to start a “whisper campaign” about the investigation while he worked for Hubbard’s primary election opponent.

Coleman in a statement said he came forward after being approached by law enforcement.

The request to dismiss the charges came shortly after a judge refused to dismiss the case for selective prosecution and Hubbard’s claims that the ethics law is unconstitutionally vague.

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