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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 ‘overcharged’ but the attorney general says, ‘The principle is worth fighting for.’ By Edward Fitzpatrick Globe Staff,Updated December 16, 2020, 5:50 p.m. Email to a Friend Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. NeronhaHandout (custom credit)/Handout WARWICK, R.I. — As a federal and state prosecutor, he has placed a House speaker, a Central Falls mayor, and three crooked North Providence councilmen behind bar...

R.I. political operative Jeff Britt cleared of charges in money laundering trial By Edward Fitzpatrick and Dan McGowan Globe Staff,Updated December 16, 2020, 10:58 a.m. Email to a Friend Jeffrey T. Britt listens to Wednesday's verdict via video conference from his Florida location. A state Superior Court judge cleared the political operative of money laundering in a trial stemming from House Speaker Nicholas A. Mattiello's 2016 campaign.David DelPoio/The Providence Journal (Pool) (Custom credit)/David DelPoio WARWICK, R.I. — A state judge on Wednesday cleared political operative Jeffrey ...

Former Mattiello aide Britt acquitted of money-laundering charges, violating campaign-finance laws Updated at 11:23 a.m. on Dec. 16, 2020. HOUSE SPEAKER Nicholas A. Mattiello's former aide Jeffrey Britt was found not guilty Wednesday of money-laundering charges and violating campaign-finance violations. / AP FILE PHOTO / CHARLES KRUPA PROVIDENCE – Jeffrey Britt, the former aide to House Speaker Nicholas A. Mattiello, was acquitted Wednesday by R.I. Superior Court Judge Daniel Procaccini of money-laundering charges and allegations of violating campaign-finance laws. The charges w...