Se­nior Po­lit­i­cal Re­porter

At­tor­ney Gen­er­al John Je­re­mie says he en­tered of­fice meet­ing an alarm­ing num­ber of le­gal fees near $150 mil­lion, with in­voic­es con­tin­u­ing to ar­rive dai­ly. How­ev­er, he ad­mits his of­fice is still vet­ting scores of in­voic­es, as some of them are fraud­u­lent

“We’ve been at­tempt­ing to pay down on these while en­sur­ing con­ti­nu­ity in of­fice op­er­a­tions. We’ve been in­voiced in the vicin­i­ty of $34 mil­lion by at­tor­neys re­tained on my in­struc­tion. This in com­par­i­son to the fol­low­ing fees paid by the AG’s Of­fice for 2022 to 2023 ($246 mil­lion) and 2023 to 2024 (ap­prox­i­mate­ly $147 mil­lion),” Je­re­mie said dur­ing yes­ter­day’s meet­ing of Par­lia­ment’s Stand­ing Fi­nance Com­mit­tee.