After appearing in federal court on Friday morning, Auditor and Inspector Jeff McMahan announced Friday afternoon that he will turn over the day-to-day operations of the office to Assistant Auditor Michelle Day. McMahan and his wife, Lori, entered pleas of "not guilty" to accusations contained in a 9-count federal grand jury indictment.
And later this afternoon [Friday] Tony Thornton of the Oklahoman is reporting that McMahan is considering resigning in the wake of a federal indictment accusing him of corruption, his attorney said Friday. “We expect to make an announcement in the near future,” defense attorney Rand C. Eddy said.
Thornton also reports that Republican State Chairman Gary Jones, twice defeated by McMahan, sat in the back of the courtroom at today's proceeding.
-McCarville
Considerable pressure to resign or step aside has been brought to bear on McMahan from the Governor, the AG, and now the Legislature looking at impeachment legislation.
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