A Shawnee County judge has refused to allow the state ethics commission to enforce a subpoena against the treasurer of a Republican-leaning political action committee as part of a lengthy investigation into alleged state campaign finance violations.
Shawnee County District Judge Teresa Watson denied a petition from the ethics commission seeking to enforce the subpoena against David Matthew Billingsley, treasurer for the Lift Up political action committee that donates mostly to Republican candidates.
Billingsley, of Topeka, once served as the chief of staff to former Revenue Secretary Sam Williams during former Gov. Sam Brownback’s administration.
Watson said in . . .
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