Ex-speaker pleads guilty in slush fund case

Ex-speaker pleads guilty in slush fund case

Former Navajo Nation Speaker of the Council Lawrence Morgan, right, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to charges stemming from the misuse of discretionary funds. (Times photo - Donovan Quintero)

Bill Donovan

Posted by | Sep 11, 2014 | |

ABOVE: Former Navajo Nation Speaker of the Council Lawrence Morgan, right, pleaded guilty on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014, to charges stemming from the misuse of discretionary funds. (Times photo – Donovan Quintero)

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.

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Bill Donovan

Bill Donovan wrote about Navajo Nation government and its people since 1971. He joined Navajo Times in 1976, and retired from full-time reporting in 2018 to move to Torrance, Calif., to be near his kids. He continued to write for the Times until his passing in August 2022.

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