Audit: $22K misspent or missing from suspended Lee County DAâs office Brandon Hughes (Source: Montgomery County Detention Facility) By WSFA Staff | May 14, 2021 at 4:38 PM CDT - Updated May 14 at 4:38 PM
LEE COUNTY, Ala. (WSFA) - Legal issues continue to mount for suspended Lee County District Attorney Brandon Hughes, who is already facing charges for
Now, the Alabama Department of Public Examiners is releasing results of a recent audit on the embattled DAâs office that covers a span from Sept. 2018 to Nov. 30, 2020. That end date runs to 20 days after the DA was automatically suspended due to criminal indictment.
The examinerâs report finds that more than $22,000 is either missing or has been misspent by the office.