Wright hearings: day 3
An Associated Press picture from the Thomas Wright hearings down at the General Assembly:
Caption: "Four of the six member bipartisan House Select Committee, including, left to right; Rep. Edith Warren, Rep. William McGee, Rep. Marvin Lucas, and Rep. Laura Wiley, listen to testimony during Rep. Thomas Wright's, D-NC, ethical hearing at the Legislative Office Builiding in Raleigh, N.C., Wednesday, March 5, 2008. The Wilmington representative faces allegations of campaign finance fraud, loan fraud, obstruction of justice and obtaining property by false pretenses. Wright faces possible explusion from The House of Representatives. (AP Photo/Sara D. Davis)"
Those four have been doing a lot of listening. As I worked on other things today, I had one ear on the hearings. The long and the short of it was this: if you've been paying attention to this saga, you probably didn't hear a whole lot new. SBI agents and a state board of elections official plowed ground that had come up at prior hearings.
Committee Chairman Rick Glaizer said he hoped the festivities would wrap up by the end of Thursday. I don't know if that's possible, given the rate at which they're going.