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April 12th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda YARMOUTH, N.S. – A former Nova Scotia cabinet minister is expected to plead guilty today to charges stemming from the province’s legislative spending scandal.
Richard Hurlburt was charged following an investigation by the province’s auditor general into constituency fund spending by politicians from July 2006 to June 2009.
His case was last in provincial Supreme Court in February.
Hurlburt’s lawyer said outside the court at the time that his client will plead guilty to fraud and breach of trust in Yarmouth because he wants to take responsibility for his actions before his former constituents.
Stan MacDonald said in exchange, the charges of uttering forged documents will be dropped.
The Crown has said Hurlburt’s actions relate to the submission of claims for expenses he did not incur, though it hasn’t elaborated.
The former Tory cabinet minister abruptly quit a 10-year political career in February 2010 after the auditor general found he spent $7,995 in public money on a generator installed in his home.
Hurlburt initially defended the purchase as a valid expense, saying it could be used in emergencies by a nearby seniors’ home and for ground search and rescue teams. He later apologized and said he had reimbursed taxpayers.
The Speaker’s Office also released a list of questionable expenses that same month that showed Hurlburt also charged taxpayers $2,499 for a 40-inch television and $579 for installing it.
Hurlburt was considered a key member of the government of former premier John Hamm. First elected in 1999, he was re-elected in 2003 and 2006 and served as the natural resources and energy minister.
He is one of four politicians charged in the spending scandal, three of whom have resigned.
Last September, former Liberal Dave Wilson pleaded guilty to uttering forged documents and one count each of fraud and breach of trust. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for next Thursday.
Former Liberal Russell MacKinnon has been committed to stand trial on charges of fraud, breach of trust and uttering forged documents. His case has been adjourned until April 27 for a pre-trial conference.
Trevor Zinck, a former NDP member who now sits as an Independent, has been charged with fraud over $5,000, breach of trust and two counts of theft over $5,000. A preliminary hearing for his case is set to begin June 11.
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