Did the Rhode Island attorney general overreach in the Britt money laundering case?
The defense lawyer for political operative Jeffrey T. Britt says the case was âoverchargedâ but the attorney general says, âThe principle is worth fighting for.â
By Edward Fitzpatrick Globe Staff,Updated December 16, 2020, 5:50 p.m.
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WARWICK, R.I. â As a federal and state prosecutor, he has placed a House speaker, a Central Falls mayor, and three crooked North Providence councilmen behind bars.
But a judgeâs rejection of the stateâs case against political operative Jeffrey T. Britt is raising the question of whether Attorney General Peter F. Neronha overreached in this case â and if Brittâs high-profile exoneration will undermine the message that the prosecution intended.