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By DAMIEN FISHER, InDepthNH.org
The New Hampshire State Troopers interviewed as part of the investigation into alleged illegal actions taken by Department of Safety Commissioner Robert Quinn refused to talk, and have since been rewarded for their silence, according to attorney Andrea Amodeo-Vickery.
“They all got promoted,” Amodeo-Vickery told InDepthNH.org.
The New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office started an investigation into Quinn after he allegedly pressured a Department of Safety employee to run a background check on a friend in order to help the friend get a permit to carry a firearm.
Michael Garrity, spokesman for New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella, declined to say if any investigation took place, telling InDepthNH.org privacy concerns prohibited disclosing the existence of an investigation.
But, Amodeo-Vickery said at least three troopers were questioned by the Attorney General’s Office, as was her client, former Department of Safety employee Tiffany Foss.
“The investigator is a very good guy, but the troopers buttoned up, they wouldn’t talk. The only one who talked was Tiffany,” Amodeo-Vickery.
Amodeo-Vickery and Foss filed a complaint Wednesday with the New Hampshire Department of Labor seeking whistleblower protection against Quinn. Foss left the Department of Safety for a position with the Department of Health and Human Services, but fears retaliation.
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