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Motion to end attorney-client privilege fails

by LAUREN REICHENBACH
Staff Writer | November 18, 2023 1:00 AM

SANDPOINT — In a special meeting Thursday, Bonner County commissioners failed to remove attorney-client privilege from all three individual members of the board from the moment the last sitting member took office.

The vote followed a controversial comment by one of the commissioners over the motion.

Commissioner Luke Omodt mentioned an email he brought up Tuesday in which he requested counsel from prosecutor Louis Marshall and attorney Bill Wilson. The email, he said, was then disseminated to the entire board, and it’s unclear where the email went from there.

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