Montana attorney general blasts hiring GOP consultant's wife
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana Secretary of State Corey Stapleton's hiring of a Republican political consultant's wife who unsuccessfully defended the office in a lawsuit earlier this year was a needless political decision that cost $60,000, Attorney General Tim Fox said.
The attorney general's comments, first reported by Montana Public Radio, were in response to fellow Republican Stapleton "impugning the credibility and motives" of the Department of Justice's attorneys in how they would have handled the lawsuit challenging the Green Party's ballot certification, Fox spokesman John Barnes told The Associated Press on Friday.