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U.S. Supreme Court rejects former Auditor Jeff McMahan's appeal Updated: Mon, Jan 10, 2011 Former Auditor and Inspector Jeff McMahan is serving an eight-year federal term. Read More
Oklahoma elections: State Auditor and Inspector race narrow Updated: Wed, Nov 3, 2010 Gary Jones narrowly ahead in state auditor and inspector race. Read More
Oklahoma auditor campaign turns ugly Updated: Mon, Oct 25, 2010 The political race for state auditor has turned ugly with the incumbent Auditor Steve Burrage broadcasting political ads accusing Republican challenger Gary Jones of "repeated failure to pay taxes." Read More
10th Circuit Court upholds convictions of former Oklahoma auditor and inspector Updated: Fri, Sep 3, 2010 Appellate judges cited examples of favors Jeff McMahan gave in return for bribes. The 23-page unanimous decision by a three-judge panel also affirmed his sentence to prison for eight years and one month. Read More
Familiar candidates among the nearly 600 who file for state and federal offices Updated: Wed, Jun 9, 2010 Oklahoma Republican Party Chairman Gary Jones makes a third run for the post of state auditor and inspector and former Insurance Commissioner John Crawford filed for his old job. Bill Crozier, who proposed in 2006 that thick used textbooks could be used by students to defend themselves from shootings, is running... Read More
Oklahoma GOP chairman enters state auditor race Published: Wed, Jun 9, 2010 The chairman of the Oklahoma Republican Party has decided to seek the GOP nomination for State Auditor and Inspector. Gary Jones filed for the post Wednesday afternoon with less than one hour remaining in the three-day filing period. Jones had said as recently as Monday that he was leaning against making a third... Read More
Judges question jury instructions in ex-auditor’s Jeff McMahan’s appeal Updated: Wed, May 5, 2010 DENVER — An appellate judge raised questions Tuesday about whether former Oklahoma State Auditor and Inspector Jeff McMahan may have been wrongfully convicted in a corruption case. "An erroneous jury instruction could have led the jury to convict him,” Judge Michael Murphy of the 10th U.S. Circuit... Read More
Prosecutors argue ex-Oklahoma auditor’s trial was fair conviction Updated: Tue, Feb 16, 2010 DENVER — Prosecutors contend former Oklahoma Auditor and Inspector Jeff McMahan was rightfully convicted and should stay in prison. The U.S. attorney’s office in Muskogee took that stance in a filing at the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The prosecutors are responding to McMahan’s arguments in... Read More
Lawsuit over Oklahoma election called frivolous Updated: Wed, Dec 2, 2009 A "frivolous” lawsuit is how a former worker in the state auditor’s office describes an attempt by Gary Jones to get monetary damages on claims he was cheated twice from being elected state auditor and inspector. "When you’re talking about an election, short of actually tampering with the... Read More
Oklahoma candidate sues 2-time opponent Updated: Wed, Nov 25, 2009 GUTHRIE — Saying he was cheated twice from winning a statewide election, Gary Jones wants the man who beat him both times, along with his key backers who include a former longtime state senator, to pay. Jones, chairman of the Oklahoma Republican Party, said Democrat Jeff McMahan conspired with others to raise... Read More
Oklahoma Republican Party Chairman Gary Jones sues over lost elections Updated: Tue, Nov 24, 2009 OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — State Republican Party Chairman Gary Jones has filed a lawsuit that claims he was cheated out of election as state auditor and inspector in 2002 and 2006. Jones filed the lawsuit Monday in Logan County. It asks for unspecified damages from former Auditor and Inspector Jeff McMahan and... Read More
Ex-auditor Jaff McMahan wants convictions tossed Updated: Wed, Sep 30, 2009 DENVER — Former Oklahoma Auditor and Inspector Jeff McMahan wants his corruption convictions thrown out, contending the trial judge misinformed the jury and improperly excluded evidence. He made those claims Tuesday in 49 pages of arguments to the federal appeals court in Denver. McMahan, 49, is serving eight... Read More
Former Oklahoma legislator, cohort get prison for kickbacks Updated: Thu, May 28, 2009 MUSKOGEE — Mike Mass, once an influential state representative and a past chairman of the state Democratic Party, became Wednesday the latest crooked Oklahoma politician to be sentenced to prison. A judge ordered Mass to spend two years in federal prison for taking kickbacks to divert taxpayer money to a... Read More
Steve Phipps, Mike Mass sentenced Updated: Wed, May 27, 2009 TULSA (AP) — A federal judge in Muskogee today sentenced Kiowa businessman Steve Phipps to one year and one day in prison for a kickback scheme involving three state lawmakers. Phipps admitted paying the legislators for sending taxpayer money to his companies. Phipps was a key witness in federal cases... Read More
Before sentencing, Reba McEntire sings praises of Steve Phipps Updated: Wed, May 27, 2009 Country singer Reba McEntire is asking a federal judge to consider her friend Steve Phipps’ good deeds at his sentencing today in a political corruption case. "I truly believe that Steve is remorseful and has attempted to help make a difference in the community and state,” McEntire wrote U.S.... Read More
Singer Reba McEntire asks judge for leniency for businessman Steve Phipps Updated: Tue, May 26, 2009 McALESTER — Country music superstar Reba McEntire is among dozens of people asking a federal judge to show leniency on a Kiowa businessman scheduled to be sentenced this week. McEntire is one of 46 people who wrote a letter or affidavit to U.S. District Judge Ronald White on behalf of Steve Phipps. The Kiowa... Read More
Federal prosecutors seek leniency in corruption sentencing of Oklahoma businessman Updated: Thu, May 21, 2009 MUSKOGEE — Federal prosecutors Wednesday asked for leniency for a businessman who paid kickbacks to legislators, saying he broke a "code of silence” and gave extraordinary help to a political corruption investigation. Steve Phipps of Kiowa is to be sentenced next week by U.S. District Judge Ronald... Read More
Former state auditor Jeff McMahan, wife begin prison time Updated: Fri, Mar 27, 2009 Former state Auditor and Inspector Jeff McMahan and his wife surrendered in Texas and Tennessee on Friday to begin serving prison terms. Prison officials confirmed Jeff McMahan surrendered at a satellite prison camp of the Federal Correctional Institution in Memphis, Tenn. Lori McMahan, a former teacher, surrendered... Read More
Jeff McMahan, wife set to surrender Updated: Thu, Mar 26, 2009 TULSA — Former state Auditor and Inspector Jeff McMahan and his wife are to surrender Friday at lower-security federal prison sites, officials said. U.S. Attorney Sheldon J. Sperling said Jeff McMahan is to turn himself in at a satellite prison camp of the Federal Correctional Institution in Memphis, Tenn.... Read More
Openness laws help bring stories to you Updated: Tue, Mar 17, 2009 Open records and open meetings are essential to a wide variety of topics you read about every day in The Oklahoman. This is Sunshine Week, a national effort to promote open government. Following are some of the stories published in the past year that we could not have written if not for laws requiring government... Read More