ATLANTA — The head of the state ethics commission claims an attorney for Gov. Nathan Deal once threatened to thwart efforts to expand the agency's authority unless she made complaints against the governor "go away," according to a memo obtained Monday from the Attorney General's Office. In the memo, Holly LaBerge, the commission's executive secretary, wrote that the threat came during a July 2012 call with Deal's chief counsel, Ryan Teague.
Ga. ethics chief: Deal aide made threat over complaints
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