After seeking to halt Republican Attorney General Raúl Labrador's "wide-reaching civil subpoenas for information about how a scrutinized child grant program was run" earlier this year, the state health department is suing the GOP leader for "$119,000 in legal bills they racked up fighting the demands," according to News From The States.
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Per the report, "The civil investigative demands, served to top agency officials, asked for records on the program and information about former and current state health department employees that worked on the program, including about charitable organizations they work for, volunteer for or donate to."
The news outlet reports:
Labrador, by Idaho law, is required to represent the state health department and other state agencies. But since the former congressman took over as the state’s top attorney in January, he has engaged in high profile legal clashes with some of the state’s largest agencies — including the state health department in this case and the State Board of Education, which his office sued alleging open meeting law violations with the University of Idaho’s attempted acquisition of University of Phoenix.
State health department officials 'were required to hire counsel as a direct result of Attorney General Labrador’s conflict of interest,' according to a Tuesday court filing outlining the request for attorney fees.
However, the suit "and a similar one filed by an ex-department official who worked on the grant program, were recently dismissed. That’s after special prosecutor Christopher Boyd withdrew the demands," but the probe remains "ongoing, he wrote in the letter," adding that "he'd look to appoint a special inquiry judge on the case."
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News From The States full report is here.