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Friday, July 19, 2013

Kennebec Journal: In Kennebec County sheriff’s video, Swan says she has no idea why contractor gave her money

By Betty Adams badams@centralmaine.com
Staff Writer

BANGOR — Carole Swan sits in a chair in the green interview room of the Kennebec Sheriff’s Office, her right elbow rests on a wooden table, her right hand propping her head.

Two investigators ask her about her dealings with Whitefield contractor Frank Monroe, how much money she expected to get from him, when it all started and how much money she had received in kickbacks from contractors over the years.

“To be honest, I can’t remember,” she tells them in a soft voice. “Honestly I don’t know.”
Brief color video clips from the Feb. 3, 2011, interview at the sheriff’s office in Augusta were played for jurors Thursday at Swan’s trial in U.S. District Court.