Vermont Business Magazine Vermont State Police released a statement Friday afternoon stating that its detectives have met with federal law enforcement authorities regarding a complaint of criminal misconduct received as a result of the civil review of campaign finance activities by Vermont Attorney General William Sorrell. The State Police have concluded that no state based investigation will be commenced. Federal authorities have been provided with facts and documents known to state police detectives relative to this complaint. The State Police statement said that "any decision to open an investigation will be made by federal authorities."
Last May, Governor Peter Shumlin appointed attorney Tom Little as independent counsel to look into a campaign finance related complaint against Sorrell. Little worked with and report findings to an eight-member, bipartisan group of States Attorneys that make up a Campaign Finance Review Committee. They cleared Sorrell of three of the six allegations against him, but indicated that state and federal investigators would need to review the rest.
Vermont AG Sorrell, left, with Governor Shumlin in 2013. VBM photo