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County Prosecutor. On page 22, when Mr. Yuen asked that <br />question specifically.whether Mr. Roth was there as the Hawaii <br />County Prosecutor or in his' individual capacity ... he responded that <br />he was yes and no there. He never came out to say that he was <br />testifying in his personal capacity and it's very clear that he was <br />testifying as the Hawaii County Prosecutor. Also if you go down <br />the minutes a little further towards the end of page 22...Mr. Roth <br />also states it's hard for me because politically this is not a very <br />good idea for me to do. I put myself in all sorts of peril by doing <br />this. Mr. Roth also claims in this testimony that he came on his <br />own dime. That he took time off from Work ... well that's <br />irrelevant. How Mr. Roth attended the Board of Land and Natural <br />Resources meeting doesn't matter. What does matter is half that <br />meeting he represented himself as the Hawaii County Prosecutor <br />and he represented the interest of Mr. Murtagh during that meeting. <br />Also lastly, on page 24 ... Mr. Roth said that ... he said "and so that <br />kind of goes to why I'm here; because it just felt wrong to me as a <br />representative of government So if Mr. Roth truly was there and <br />was truly concerned as an individual that there was some wrong <br />doing going on he could have told that to the Board ... also as the <br />Hawaii County Prosecutor Mr. Roth had every opportunity to do <br />his own investigation and to this day ... I don't even ... we still don't <br />know what all these allegations are ... so following this meeting I <br />spoke to our Chairperson about it and I requested that the <br />department of the attorney general be involved and to investigate <br />any and all allegations of wrong doing that there may be and I <br />believe that investigation has started. So there's two issues here <br />that I wanted to make very clear. In my opinion, Mr. Roth violated <br />the Hawaii Ethics Code, Article 15, Section 2-84 (Conflict of <br />Interest) by representing Mr. Murtagh at a public meeting as the <br />Hawaii County Prosecutor. The second thing he did is Mr. Roth <br />alleged corruption and retaliation and it's stated in the minutes <br />based on no evidence, provided no evidence and I'm used to <br />hearing this occasionally from.the general public when an issue <br />doesn't go their way they'll say some certain things ... but when the <br />Hawaii County Prosecutor makes a statement like that in an open <br />public meeting ... that carries a lot of weight. Now whether that <br />falls as an ethics violation, I'm not sure but I am following up with <br />the Office of Disciplinary Council regarding unprofessional <br />24 <br />