News Once again today, members of the City Club of Portland declined to ask a high-profile speaker a single question about the biggest local news story of the year. Attorney General John Kroger told the crowd at the Governor Hotel he'd taken pains to address his recently completed investigation of Mayor Sam Adams during his lunchtime talk for members of the civic group. He included the topic in his ... More
Kroger on Adams: 'Ethical' and 'Political' Questions Still Unanswered
News Once again today, members of the City Club of Portland declined to ask a high-profile speaker a single question about the biggest local news story of the year. Attorney General John Kroger told the crowd at the Governor Hotel he'd taken pains to address his recently completed investigation of Mayor Sam Adams during his lunchtime talk for members of the civic group. He included the topic in his ... More
Interview With John Kroger: Part 2
News Here's Part II of WW's June 30 interview with Attorney General John Kroger. In this segment, Kroger discusses Mayor Sam Adams' level of cooperation with the investigation along with Beau Breedlove's motives (Since WW's interview earlier this week with Kroger, Breedlove has given his own interview with KGW in which he asks what his motive would be to lie) Check back throughout the week for new video ... More
Interview with John Kroger, Part 3
News Here's Part III of WW's June 30 interview with Attorney General John Kroger. In this segment, Kroger discusses the ethics of Mayor Sam Adams' attorneys as well as the conflicting accounts told by Adams and Beau Breedlove (Since WW's interview earlier this week with Kroger, Breedlove has given his own interview with KGW in which he asks what his motive would be to lie) Check back throughout the week ... More
John Kroger's Next High-Profile Appearance. Got Any Questions For Him?
News Just a reminder that this work week that started with Attorney General John Kroger's press conference to discuss his long-awaited investigative report into Mayor Sam Adams, will end Friday with Kroger making another high-profile appearance in a speech at the City Club of Portland. In light of the new information from the documents dumps that have now followed Kroger's Monday press conference, ... More
Adams Investigation Report: Earlier Versions Were Much Tougher On Sam Adams
News Attorney General John Kroger today released additional documents — multiple preliminary drafts of the final investigative report into the relationship between Portland Mayor Sam Adams and Beau Breedlove. These earlier drafts contain scathing assessments about the mayor's credibility; his veracity and investigators' unhappiness about the mayor's reluctance to cooperate with the investigation. Those ... More
The Sam Adams Report Highlights
News Here are some highlights of the report (PDF) by Attorney General John Kroger finding no sufficient credible evidence to justify criminal prosecution of Mayor Sam Adams. The investigation interviewed 57 witnesses and sorted through other records to answer what investigators called these key questions: 1) Did Adams have sexual intercourse with Breedlove before he turned 18? The report: Adams ... More
Mayoral Recall Effort To Go Forward
News A spokesman for the campaign to recall Mayor Sam Adams says the Attorney General's report today clearing the mayor of criminal prosecution will not affect the recall effort's plans to start July 7. Recall spokesman Jasun Wurster says the Attorney General can only hold Adams accountable for legal statutes statues, but that Portland voters should hold him accountable for what Wurster calls civic and ... More
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