While there are no indictments, the state’s multi-county grand jury blamed Governor Kevin Stitt and then Every Kid Counts Oklahoma director Ryan Walters, without naming them, for misspending of pandemic relief funds. Walters is now the State Superintendent of Public Instruction.
The Oklahoman’s Nolan Clay writes the 31-page report did not find sufficient evidence to establish, beyond a reasonable doubt, that a crime was committed.
Stitt alleged the grand jury has become weaponized by Attorney General Gentner Drummond.
A spokesman for Walters blamed the vendor for the misspending.
Read The Oklahoman story here.
