Two weeks ago, Hawaii Attorney General Anne Lopez opened an investigation into the scandal surrounding a 2023 corruption case in which a lawmaker was reportedly captured on tape accepting a large bribe in a paper bag.
The question of that lawmaker’s identity has roiled Hawaii’s insular, one-party politics: Who was the culprit accepting so much cash — someone wags had dubbed the $35,000 Bandit — caught on tape by then-Rep. Ty Cullen, a Democrat who was wearing the wire at the behest of the FBI.
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