The speaker of the state House of Representatives is asking law enforcement officials to investigate allegations that an unnamed state lawmaker accepted $35,000 in campaign contributions in January 2022 during a federal public corruption probe.

That probe ended the public service careers and led to federal prison sentences for ex-state Senate Majority Leader J. Kalani English and ex-state House Committee on Finance vice-chair Ty J.K. Cullen.

English and Cullen both pleaded guilty in February 2022 to a single count of wire fraud for accepting cash in envelopes, Las Vegas hotel rooms, dinners for Tahitian friends, casino chips and access to high-stakes gambling in New Orleans. In exchange, the two lawmakers worked to manipulate and kill legislation to benefit a Honolulu wastewater company.

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