The Anchorage Daily News is reporting that former Governor Frank Murkowski’s chief of staff Jim Clark has agreed to plead guilty to a felony charge of fraud. The paper is reporting that Clark admitted asking VECO officials to illegally spend more than $68,000 on polls and political consultants for Murkowski’s failed re-election bid in 2006. This comes as the latest case brought by the federal government in the Alaska political corruption scandal.
Lori Townsend, APRN – Anchorage
