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Ohio Dems want action after ‘Coingate’ report flaw

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Ohio Dems want action after ‘Coingate’ report flaw

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio Democrats are calling for changes at the state watchdog’s office after it mistakenly omitted then-Gov. Bob Taft’s historic conviction from a report on a 2005 rare-coin investment scandal.

Inspector General Randall Meyer says faulty research led his investigators to conclude Taft’s criminal record was sealed, so Taft’s no-contest plea to ethics charges was excluded from the long-awaited “Coingate” report. Taft’s record was never expunged.

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