TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A spokesman says a northeast Kansas prosecutor’s investigation into private meetings of Republican legislators with Gov. Sam Brownback is likely to continue into next month.
Lee McGowan, chief of staff to Shawnee County District Attorney Chad Taylor, said Thursday that Taylor’s staff is still interviewing some of the 90-plus lawmakers invited to seven meetings in January at the governor’s residence.
Taylor, a Democrat, launched his investigation in February. Brownback, a Republican, met with GOP members of 13 legislative committees, but spokeswoman Sherriene (SHUH’-reen) Jones-Sontag said Brownback is confident the gatherings didn’t violate the Kansas Open Meetings Act.
Many lawmakers who attended the events said they were social gatherings, not business meetings.
The Kansas attorney general’s office also confirmed Thursday that it is providing legal representation to lawmakers who request it.
