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Nutting’s wife says he didn’t pursue illegal loans


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By Peter Hecht, Sacramento Bee

Taking the witness stand in defense of her husband, the wife of El Dorado County Supervisor Ray Nutting testified Thursday that the embattled supervisor didn’t solicit county employees to bail himself out of jail.

Jennifer Nutting’s testimony in the politically charged case challenged the prosecution’s assertion that her husband violated state laws by borrowing money from people working for his office or government agency.

The El Dorado supervisor faces felony and misdemeanor political malfeasance charges related to state grant money he took for clearing brush on his family ranch. Prosecutors allege that he failed to properly disclose more than $70,000 in state income, and that he committed further offenses by asking county government workers to help bail him out of jail last year.

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  1. TeaTotal says - Posted: May 2, 2014

    Just who do these phony ‘ranchers’ think are going to believe this line of bs?-not everybody in the county is some teabag hick that swallows the good ‘ol boy garbage they have been handing out forever-get a real job for once in your life Ray

  2. go figure says - Posted: May 2, 2014

    Right on tea total

  3. Hmmm... says - Posted: May 2, 2014

    oh I don’t know…he SEEMS like a stand-up, trustworthy guy…

  4. rock4tahoe says - Posted: May 2, 2014

    Yep. Good’ole local guvment for ya. What else is Ray’s Wife going to say?! LOL!

  5. go figure says - Posted: May 3, 2014

    Liar, liar, pants on fire. Is her nose growing?