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Number four, on January twenty-fifth, twenty twenty-six, a retired judge, Richard McKelvey, no relation by the way, was sworn in as a special prosecutor for the Summit County Attorney's Office to aid in this investigation.

In the footnote, it says, "This information was not known by the defendant until the publication of an article on May first by KPCW after the conviction of Ms. Richens." That article is titled Summit County Investigates Rigby for Felony Obstruction.

Sheriff Denies Wrongdoing.

I will link that in the description.

But he's her marketing manager.

I don't know why she needs one, but he is that to her.

He met with Jared Rigby in early January of this year, and Hall told KPCW he texted Rigby August thirty-first and offered help in his race for the Wasatch County Sheriff.

According to Hall, they met for around twenty minutes just once.

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And at one point, he was up against Detective Eric Maynard, who just happens to be one of the investigators in the Corey Richens murder case.

Well, according to reporting by KPCW, investigators allege that Rigby tried to discredit Maynard, his political opponent, through an anonymous letter that was sent to the Summit County Attorney's Office.

That was the very office prosecuting Corey Richens.

KPCW, which reviewed a search warrant affidavit, reports that the letter made 13 allegations or allegations of misconduct, rather, against Maynard.

This was just weeks before Richland's murder trial.

Now, here's where the other sheriff comes in, because former Summit County Sheriff Dave Edmonds is accused of making a false statement to keep investigators from finding out who wrote the letter.

It took them over a year to charge her.

What, were they racing to a conclusion? Did they get lost? They go on to say prosecutors argued that the defense's motion to stay was based mainly on a report from KPCW.

Well, we're going to have to pull that too.

It is now known that the court was fully apprised of information regarding Brady and Giglio as to Detective Maynard, possible obstruction of justice and information that individuals in both Summit County government and surrounding counties were potentially involved in attempts to interfere with the highly public trial happening in his courtroom.

There's a footnote.

Footnote one.

This information was not known by the defendant until the publication of an article on May 1st by KPCW after the conviction of Ms. Richens.

Summit County investigates Rigby for felony obstruction.

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