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Hawaii's Lieutenant Governor has been indicted on bribery charges in a case being described as the largest corruption scandal in the state's history.
The indictment of a sitting executive official positions the proceeding as a test of Hawaii's political institutions, with a verdict still far off.
The weight of the charge Bribery charges at the level of a sitting lieutenant governor are uncommon in American state politics.
This case carries an additional claim that courts have yet to validate: that the conduct alleged represents the largest bribery scandal Hawaii has ever seen.
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