Politics & Government
Lawyer: Senator's Ethics Charges A Result of 'Well-Intentioned Errors'
Longtime senator's mistakes were honest ones, according to counsel.
The Associated Press first reported that Sen. Robert Ford (D-Charleston) was facing ethics charges from the Senate Ethics Committee. On Thursday, the AP said that Ford's attorney were a result of 'well-intentioned errors."
Ford's attorney William Runyon said that the errors were due to the cumbersome amount of paperwork related to his client's re-election campaign.
Runyon said, "It was much simpler when he first got elected."
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Ford was first elected in 1992.
Ford is facing seven charges and should the Senate Ethics Committee find him in violation he could be forced to pay $2,000 per occurrence.
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