![]() ![]() “Ultimately, I signed the bill, and the Legislature put it before me.” “I signed the bill, but there’s always discussions behind the scenes, and I always am trying to figure out what’s going on with this legislation and is it going to be the best thing for Oklahomans,” Stitt said. Stitt declined to reveal the extent to which he considered vetoing O’Donnell’s bill. The governor laughed, paused for an extended time and eventually answered in the affirmative. NonDoc recently asked Stitt, who signed the bill, whether House leadership had communicated that O’Donnell’s bill was one of their priority measures that year. 1 to approve Teresa O’Donnell’s appointment as tag agent, and she signed a contract with the agency the same day. ![]() As part of the alleged conspiracy, Terry O’Donnell authored and pushed HB 2098, which repealed the prohibition of legislators or their immediate family members being named state tag agents within two years of their legislative service.Īfter the bill passed and was signed into law April 29, Terry O’Donnell had a conversation with the director of the Tax Commission on July 28 and emailed his mother-in-law’s resignation as tag agent and his wife’s application to the Oklahoma Tax Commission on July 29. 17 on a combined eight criminal counts for an alleged conspiracy in which O’Donnell used his legislative role to legalize Teresa O’Donnell’s ability to succeed her ailing mother in the lucrative role of Motor License Agent in Catoosa. O’Donnell ( R-Catoosa) and his wife, Teresa, were indicted by a grand jury Dec. Kevin Stitt and Senate Appropriations and Budget Chairman Roger Thompson have confirmed to NonDoc that the bill O’Donnell ran that changed state law and allowed his wife’s appointment as a tag agent was communicated as a 2019 policy “priority” of House Republican leadership. 2, but that he would remain in the Legislature. O’Donnell said he was resigning as House speaker pro tempore - the body’s second-ranking leadership position - effective Feb. “My wife and I are INNOCENT, and WE WILL FIGHT BACK and vigorously defend our integrity.” “But their attacks won’t work,” O’Donnell said in a statement that employed all-caps for emphasis. Terry O’Donnell completed the Oklahoma County booking process at the Midwest City Jail on Thursday and released a statement blaming “political operatives” with a “personal vendetta” for prosecuting him and his wife “to discredit our family’s character and destroy our reputation.”
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