Statement by State Treasurer Dale R. Folwell on Investigation Regarding Use of State Vehicles
June 21, 2024
June 21, 2024
RALEIGH, North Carolina, June 21 -- The North Carolina State Treasurer issued the following statement on June 20, 2024:
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"As keeper of the public purse, I have done my best to safeguard taxpayer money and to prudently use -- not abuse -- state resources.
"I learned just yesterday that a state agency investigator believed it necessary to obtain search warrants to look into use of my assigned state vehicle for the many public functions I routin . . .
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"As keeper of the public purse, I have done my best to safeguard taxpayer money and to prudently use -- not abuse -- state resources.
"I learned just yesterday that a state agency investigator believed it necessary to obtain search warrants to look into use of my assigned state vehicle for the many public functions I routin . . .