John Van de Kamp
Three consecutive grand jury foremen and Ben Wagner, an attorney representing deputies exposing corruption, sought help from Van de Kamp's office, but to no avail.
John Van de Kamp was the State Attorney General of California. He is mentioned in connection with the "Queen's accident" investigation and the broader corruption in Mariposa County.1
James White, an Assistant U.S. Attorney, revealed that the original CHP report on the "Queen's accident" was sent to Van de Kamp's office in Sacramento. Van de Kamp reportedly told his assistant, Arnold Overoye, to "discard" or "trash" the report. He then appointed Bruce Eckerson, the Mariposa County District Attorney, to take charge of the investigation and submit a new report.1
Three consecutive grand jury foremen and Ben Wagner, an attorney representing deputies exposing corruption, sought help from Van de Kamp's office, but to no avail. Wagner learned that everything pertaining to Mariposa was automatically "trashed" when it crossed the Attorney General's desk. Wagner later filed a Writ of Mandamus against Van de Kamp for refusing to investigate corruption in Mariposa County.1
Sources
- Seymour, Cheri. The Last Circle: Danny Casolaro's Investigation into the Octopus and the PROMIS Software Scandal. TrineDay, 2010. Sole source for the passages so cited. Contemporaneous reporting shows the Mariposa County district attorney, Bruce Eckerson, resisting the CHP's call to prosecute Sinclair for six months, not acting on the attorney general's instructions: "Highway Patrol's Crash investigation questioned," United Press International, September 25, 1983 (https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/09/25/Highway-Patrols-Crash-investigation-questioned/7300433310400/). ↩
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- PersonArnold Overoye
- PersonBen Wagner
- PersonBruce Eckerson
- OrganizationCalifornia Attorney General's Office
- OrganizationCalifornia Highway Patrol
- OrganizationD.I.G. (Decency in Government)
- PersonJames White
- PersonJohn Di Giorgio
- PersonJohn Van de Kamp
- EventQueen's Accident
- PersonRoderick Sinclair
- PersonVivian L. Wagner