Denney Defends His Handling Of Hart

Asked to address “scandals” including the Phil Hart affair, redistricting and more, Lawerence Denney, GOP candidate for Secretary of State, told the City Club of Boise, “Ninety seconds to explain all of those scandals is going to be a little bit difficult.” He said, “We were controlled with what we did with Phil Hart by a pesky little document that nobody really follows any more called the Constitution. You know, we really had no authority to do anything.” Denney said that Hart’s constituents re-elected him to the Legislature, despite his ongoing tax protest, legal problems and timber theft case. “We really had no authority under the Constitution to do anything other than what we did,” he said/ Betsy Russell , Eye on Boise. More here .

Question: Is Denney making excuses? Or was his hands tied in dealing with former legislator Phil Hart?