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Jury acquits Larry Inman of lying to FBI; mistrial on other counts
By Jonathan OostingGRAND RAPIDS – Michigan state Rep. Larry Inman walked out of a federal courthouse and into fresh snow here on Tuesday night as a free man.
But his long, strange legal saga may not be over yet.
A jury of 12 residents found Inman not guilty of lying to the FBI during an August 2018 interview. And U.S. District Court Judge Robert Jonker declared a mistrial on extortion and bribery charges after the jury failed to reach consensus on those counts during 12 hours of deliberation over two days.
"I feel very good," Inman, a Traverse City-area Republican, told reporters outside the Gerald R. Ford federal building in downtown Grand Rapids. "I’m relieved that hopefully this is over and I can get back to my life."
But the mistrial on two counts means Inman remains accused of attempting to sell his June 2018 vote on a controversial prevailing wage repeal initiative to a union group that opposed the measure in exchange for campaign contributions. And conditions of his initial release on bond, including travel restrictions, remain in place.
Read more: https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/jury-acquits-larry-inman-lying-fbi-mistrial-other-counts
(Bridge Magazine)