Hawaii’s Democratic lieutenant governor indicted in state corruption investigation – Fox News
A $35,000 bribe allegedly tied to a COVID-19 testing contract led to Sylvia Luke’s indictment, with Gov. Josh Green calling for her resignation.
Democratic Hawaii Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke was indicted by a grand jury on charges of criminal conspiracy to commit bribery, bribery and falsifying candidate committee reports stemming from a bribe she allegedly took as a state lawmaker in 2022.
The indictment alleges that local businessman and lobbyist Tobi Solidum offered Luke a $35,000 bribe connected to a COVID-19 testing contract a company he recommended had with the state.
Solidum was also indicted as part of the state attorney general’s probe, along with former state representative Ryan Yamane, Hawaii Transportation Department official Ford Fuchigami and Leo Asunción, a former official for Hawaii’s public utilities commission.
