Helena Independent Record – July 29, 2008
Republican gubernatorial candidate Roy Brown demanded Monday that Democratic Gov. Brian Schweitzer apologize for what he called “a clear and intentional lie” over an interstate compact on brucellosis.
Citing an Associated Press story Saturday, Brown said Schweitzer was caught in a red-handed lie.
The AP reported that Schweitzer said he hadn’t signed a revised interstate compact with the governors of Wyoming and Idaho to address brucellosis when, in fact, he had.
Schweitzer signed the agreement on June 27, but told the AP on July 2 that he hadn’t. He didn’t publicly disclose that he signed it for nearly a month later.
“I consider something signed when I release it,” Schweitzer told the AP. “I am often in a position where I’m going to be gone and I tell my staff I will sign something and to keep it in a drawer until I call. Until I release it, I’m not acknowledging anything.”
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