Even if Annette Bosworth can't stick us with the bill for her lawyer, holding the doctor accountable for her crimes and lies is costing the state of South Dakota thousands of dollars. For some reason, Attorney General Marty Jackley is trying to shift some of that cost to Hughes County:
Hughes County Commissioners want an explanation from the Attorney General’s Office before paying an expert witness bill in a case being prosecuted by the AG’s office.
The commission Monday night decided to delay paying a $4,440 bill submitted by a handwriting expert who is being used in the Annette Bosworth election fraud case ["Commission Wants Explanation Before Paying Bill," KCCR Radio, 2014.08.05].
According to paragraph 14 of the affidavit filed by Division of Criminal Investigation agent Bryan Gortmaker to inform the Bosworth arrest warrant, forensic document examiner Janis Tweedy analyzed Bosworth's signature on the petition sheets on which Bosworth appears to have sworn a false circulator's oath:
14. Your affiant states that these six (6) nominating petitions have been examined by a forensic document examiner, Janis Tweedy, to determine the authenticity of the circulator's signature. Two (2) petitions are identified as having been produced by the person said to be Annette Bosworth when compared against known Dr. Annette Bosworth signatures that various State entities had on file. Four (4) of the petitions are found to be highly probably as having been produced by the person said to be Annette Bosworth when compared against known Dr. Annette Bosworth signatures [Bryan Gortmaker, affidavit, State of South Dakota v. Annette Bosworth, Civ. No. 14-305, paragraph 14].
Tweedy looked at six Bosworth signatures and compared them with other exemplars. I believe Tweedy was present for the June 17 grand jury hearing. I don't know what other services she has rendered for the state, but at $4,400 so far, analyzing signatures sounds like a really good job.
Whatever the services, the key phrase is rendered for the state. Hughes County isn't investigating or prosecuting Bosworth; the state is. I can think of no good reason for the state to try passing costs of the Bosworth investigation onto any county. Neither can Hughes County commissioners, who are asking the Attorney General to send someone to a future commission meeting to explain why the county should pay that bill.
Marty Jackley appears to be a lot like Annette Bosworth and her husband Chad Haber: they all want someone else to foot their bills.
