Thursday, October 08, 2020
Fenton-Fung video
A new video by candidate Barbara Ann Fenton-Fung captures excerpts from Speaker of the House Nick Mattiello’s testimony Thursday in the political corruption trial of Mattiello’s former consultant Jeff Britt.
Mattiello repeatedly said under oath that he could not remember key facts relating to the 2016 campaign as it related to campaign expenses, Britt’s role in the campaign, and especially a critical mailer that the state said was illegally coordinated by Britt on behalf of the Mattiello campaign.
Day Four of Trial
Attorney General Peter Neronha announced on October 18, 2019, that Mattiello’s political consultant Britt was indicted by a State Grand Jury on two charges — felony money laundering and a misdemeanor charge of making a prohibited campaign contribution.
The felony money laundering charge carries a sentence of up to 20 years.
Mattiello was a witness for the defense.
“The Speaker seemed to not recall a lot of what Jeff Britt did, but obviously what he did remember he liked since he gave Britt a $10,000 bonus and tried to rehire him in 2018,” said Fenton-Fung.
Mattiello’s campaign did not respond to request for comment on the video compilation at the time of publication.
UPDATED 9:33 PM
Editor’s note: Fenton-Fung is not related to GoLocal CEO and co-founder Josh Fenton.
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