The acting U.S. Attorney for Hawaii told the state House speaker that a public corruption probe that convicted two state legislators and a Maui County official for bribery remains “active” and that any parallel state probe could interfere — also clarifying that a bribery offense referred to in court documents did not involve an “influential state legislator” mentioned elsewhere in court filings.

In response to a Nov. 7 letter from state House Speaker Nadine Nakamura inquiring about an alleged $35,000 in campaign contributions in January 2022 involving an unnamed state lawmaker and a paper bag, acting U.S. Attorney Ken Sorenson said he understood the “legislature’s concern regarding public corruption investigations that may touch upon the activities of individual legislators.”

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