State Police and FBI agents comb through the office of Former House Speaker Gordon Fox. Photo by WPRO
WPRO News and the Associated Press
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Nearly six months after the FBI, IRS and state police raided the home and Statehouse office of then-Rhode Island House Speaker Gordon Fox, there’s still no word on what prompted the raids and no charges have been filed.
The U.S. Attorney’s office would not comment on the case. Fox did not return messages seeking comment.
The March 21 raid prompted Fox to resign his speakership.
Legal experts say the probe could go on for years.
Former state Attorney General Dennis Roberts II says he is sure the investigation is still alive, because if it were over, prosecutors would have announced it.
Former state Supreme Court Justice Robert Flanders says he expects prosecutors are sifting carefully through everything they have.
