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Fox publicly pleads innocence
Update: The link to the Cunningham interview below should be working now. Thanks readers for pointing out it wasn’t.
Since I first reported Children Services Director (and longtime local politician) Michael Fox was facing foreclosure, the story has grown legs.
After making its rounds in all other local media, it ended on AM radio. Specifically, with Fox on the Bill Cunningham Show. Cunningham had the same conversation about the ongoing FBI investigation against Fox that I’ve had with Fox half a dozen times.
An excerpt:
Cunningham: “Mike can you tell the American people that you knowingly committed no wrongful acts.”
Fox: “I have no, absolutely no… I didn’t do anything that I believe at any time was criminal or unlawful. But when you’ve got the resources of the United States government looking at everything you’ve ever done, that’s pretty serious business and it’s something I never dreamt I’d have to deal with, and certainly never knowigly did anything wrong.”
Go here to hear the full Cunningham interview with Fox.
(By the way, here is another, oft-forgotten, aspect of that investigation that we broke the news on)
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By :(
January 15, 2009 8:41 PM | Link to this
I don’t particularly like Mike Fox…. and I’m sorry that his home is heading toward foreclosure… That is a sad thing…. But given some of his shenanigans in the political arena, I’d say the chickens are coming home to roost.
By daniel benjamin
January 17, 2009 11:41 AM | Link to this
how deep do the fed investigation’s go in butler county? i think anything short of total transparency &accountability to the citizens is a travesty
By About Time
January 17, 2009 12:40 PM | Link to this
Evidently, Fox’s tactical word here is “knowingly”. Thankfully, ignorance of the law does not absolve guilt. And, if this career lawmaker/politician is found guilty of any significant wrongdoing, one would expect that he would also lose his government pension as result that it would have occurred while in office. And, perhaps that’s part of his legal struggle.