Ex-speaker pleads guilty in slush fund case

By Bill Donovan
Special to the Times

WINDOW ROCK, Sept. 11, 2014

Text size: A A A

(Times photo – Donovan Quintero)

Former Navajo Nation Speaker of the Council Lawrence Morgan, right, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to charges stemming from the misuse of discretionary funds.



Former Speaker of the Navajo Nation Council Lawrence T. Morgan Wednesday pleaded guilty to charges stemming from the misuse of discretionary funds while he was in office.

At a hearing Wednesday morning before Window Rock District Court Judge Carol Perry, Morgan pleaded guilty to the offense of conspiracy to commit bribery.

As part of his plea agreement, he agreed to provide assistance to the Navajo Nation in its efforts to resolve the remaining corruption cases against current and former members of the Council.

Back to top ^