OLYMPIA — Initiative promoter Tim Eyman has paid the state $10,000 to cover costs tied to the latest round of legal wrangling on the production of financial documents for a state investigation into alleged campaign fraud.
Eyman reimbursed the Office of Attorney General Bob Ferguson to cover attorneys’ fees and costs. Eyman’s political committee also paid $10,000 and Citizen Solutions, a signature-gathering firm, paid $12,969.50, according to a press release issued Thursday by the Attorney General’s Office. The payments were recorded Wednesday.
On Thursday, Ferguson filed a motion to dismiss his requests that Eyman and Citizen Solutions be held in contempt for their failure to comply with court orders in the Attorney General’s probe. Snohomish County Superior Court Judge Ellen Fair granted the dismissal, the release stated.
Ferguson is investigating allegations Eyman illegally shifted money among two initiative campaigns in 2012 and concealed payments he received in the process. He’s sought personal tax records and bank receipts from Eyman, his for-profit company, Tim Eyman Watchdog for Taxpayers, and two political committees he leads.
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