Kevin Rennie, a Connecticut lawyer, former Republican legislator, and an outstanding investigative columnist for The Courant, has a disturbing column today questioning Blumenthal’s judgment in two cases:
The first one involves Stamford ophthalmologist Richard Weber, who Rennie says was wrongfully prosecuted by the state for Medicaid fraud. Six years ago, when Dr. Weber began legal proceedings against the state for malicious prosecution, Blumenthal publicly stated that prosecutors had acted “responsibly in pursuing the case.”
But when Weber’s lawyer demanded to see what documents Blumenthal looked at before backing the prosecution, it turned out that he hadn’t seen one shred of paper.
The worst part is that when Blumenthal’s office settled the case with Dr. Weber by paying him $725,000 several years later, Blumenthal’s office asked that no one involved on the doctor’s legal team leak to the media the terms of the settlement.
Three letters were then sent by Dr. Weber’s legal team in response to that request, but Rennie says that when he asked for access to the letters, he was told they could not find any copies.
“That is unsettling,” Rennie wrote. “We can all understand misplacing one. Not finding three looks like the sort of pattern Blumenthal would condemn in others.”
Click here to read the rest of Rennie’s column.
I will post whatever response Blumenthal has, if any.
