Special investigators probing cheating allegations in Atlanta’s elementary schools have engaged in “a great abuse of power” that has irrevocably tainted their case, according to an attorney representing a school principal who has been threatened with prosecution.
That attorney, Atlanta defense lawyer Brian Steel, did not succeed in his bid to quash a subpoena that compelled his client to sit for an interview with investigators, including former Georgia Attorney General Michael J. Bowers. But Steel’s challenge nonetheless prompted Fulton Superior Court Chief Judge Cynthia D. Wright, who conducted an emergency hearing on the issue on Monday, to express concern about the breadth of the investigators’ powers.
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