Calif. AG Criticized for Private Getty Meeting
July 28, 2006 | Read Time: 1 minute
California Attorney General Bill Lockyer said this week that he had lunch in January with Barry Munitz, the former chief executive of the J. Paul Getty Trust, in Los Angeles, who is under investigation by Mr. Lockyer’s office for financial improprieties, reports the Los Angeles Times.
Mr. Lockyer said the meeting with Mr. Munitz, a friend of the state attorney general, was not inappropriate but understood how it could be seen that way. While the meeting was not illegal, experts in government ethics said it was “unwise” for Mr. Lockyer to meet privately with a target of an inquiry.
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