Roy McGrath

Roy C. McGrath (9 ga Agusta, 1969 - 3 ga Afrilu, 2023) ya kasance jami'in siyasa na Amurka wanda ya yi aiki a matsayin darektan Ma'aikatar Muhalli ta Maryland (MES) daga 2016 zuwa 2020, kuma a matsayin shugaban ma'aikata ga Gwamna Larry Hogan daga Yuni zuwa Agusta 2020.

McGrath ya yi murabus a matsayin shugaban ma'aikata bayan The Baltimore Sun ya ba da rahoton cewa ya sami biyan kuɗi na $ 233,647 bayan ya bar MES, wanda ya jagoranci masu gabatar da kara na tarayya da na jihohi don buɗe bincike game da biyan kuɗin McGrath. A watan Oktoba na 2021, an tuhume shi da tuhume-tuhume ciki har da zamba, sata a shirye-shiryen karɓar kudaden tarayya, da kuma karya bayanan. An fara neman mutum na tsawon makonni uku bayan bai bayyana a kotu ba, wanda ya haifar da bin 'yan sanda a Tennessee inda aka harbe McGrath kuma ya kashe shi da kansa da kuma tilasta bin doka a lokaci guda.

Tarihi

An haifi McGrath a ranar 9 ga watan Agusta, 1969, a Girka, ga mahaifinsa Howard McGrath, lauya, da matarsa Polyxene. Akwai wasu rashin tabbas game da sunan shari'a na McGrath. An bayyana shi a matsayin "Roy Carlos McGrath" a cikin lasisin aurensa. A cikin tuhumar tarayya da na jihar a kansa, ana kiransa kawai "Roy C. McGrath". A cewar hoton da FBI ke nema don McGrath, yana iya amfani da sunaye daban-daban guda bakwai: Roy Carlos McGrath, Roy Charles McGrath,roy Baisliadou, RC Baisliadou), Roy Mak-Grath, da RC McGrath.

McGrath ya girma a Maryland, ya halarci Leonard Hall Junior Naval Academy kuma ya kammala karatu daga St. Mary's Ryken High School a shekarar 1987. Daga baya ya halarci Jami'ar Maryland, College Park, inda ya sami digiri na farko a fannin gwamnati da siyasa, da tattalin arziki a shekarar 1993. Bayan kammala karatunsa, McGrath ya shafe shekaru 18 a National Association of Chain Drug Stores, ƙungiyar kasuwanci da ke arewacin Virginia, inda ya yi aiki a wurare daban-daban ciki har da mataimakin shugaban ci gaban kasuwanci.

Grath ya fara shiga siyasa yana da shekaru 18, ya zama memba na Jam'iyyar Republican sannan daga baya ya kafa kulob din Young Republicans a Kudancin Maryland.[1] A shekara ta 1991, ya yi aiki a matsayin mai horar da majalisa da mataimakin wakilin Amurka Wayne Gilchrest . A shekara ta 1992, a matsayinsa na shugaban kwamitin tsakiya na Jamhuriyar Republican na Charles County, ya jagoranci ayyukan kamfen na George H. W. Bush a cikin gundumar kuma daga baya ya yi aiki a matsayin mataimakin wakili ga Yarjejeniyar Jamhuriyar Republican, [2] kuma ya yi aiki kan yakin neman zabe na Larry Hogan a Gundumar majalisa ta 5 ta Maryland.[3] McGrath daga baya ya yi aiki a yakin neman gwamna na Hogan a shekarar 2014, yana aiki a matsayin darektan kungiyar "Lawyers for Hogan" kuma yana kula da zaben farko da ayyukan Ranar Zabe.

Gudanar da Hogan

McGrath ya yi aiki a matsayin memba na ƙungiyar sauyawa ta Gwamna Larry Hogan. Daga baya ya shiga gwamnatin Hogan a matsayin babban mai ba da shawara da kuma hulɗa ga Hukumar Ayyukan Jama'a ta Maryland a ranar 21 ga Janairu, 2015. Ya bar wannan mukamin a ranar 1 ga Yuli, 2015, don zama ɗaya daga cikin mataimakan shugabannin ma'aikatan Hogan.

McGrath a matsayin darektan Ma'aikatar Muhalli ta Maryland tare da Mataimakin Gwamna Boyd Rutherford, 2017

A watan Disamba na shekara ta 2016, Gwamna Hogan ya nada McGrath a matsayin Babban Darakta na Ma'aikatar Muhalli ta Maryland, (MES) inda ya bayyana kansa a matsayin Shugaba. Yayinda yake darektan MES, McGrath ya yi amfani da kudaden jihar akan kudaden kansa, gami da $ 50,935 Chevrolet Suburban, $ 63,000 akan sake fasalin da kayan daki, da $ 50,000 akan tafiye-tafiye zuwa Naples, Miami, Isra'ila, da Las Vegas. Ya kuma sami biyan kuɗi na ma'aikaci na $ 117,932 tsakanin Satumba 2017 da Satumba 2019. A cewar masu binciken majalisa, McGrath da kansa ya hayar da "abokan aiki masu aminci" zuwa manyan mukamai a cikin hukumar da aka rinjaye su ba da gudummawa ga yakin neman zabe na Hogan, duk da cewa ba su zauna a Maryland ba.

A lokacin annobar COVID-19, Hogan ya sanya wa McGrath suna zuwa ga Kungiyar Amsawar Coronavirus ta jihar. A wannan matsayin, ya jagoranci kokarin tare da Operation Enduring Friendship, wani aikin sirri wanda ya ga jihar ta sayi gwaje-gwaje 500,000 na COVID-19 daga Koriya ta Kudu don dala miliyan 10. A cewar masu gabatar da kara, McGrath ya fara yin rikodin tarurruka a asirce tare da wasu jami'an gwamnati a kan iPhone a wannan lokacin, wanda ya keta dokokin sauraron waya na Maryland. Kokarin McGrath ne da ya shafi gwaje-gwajen COVID-19 wanda ya jagoranci Gwamna Hogan ya nada McGrath a matsayin sabon shugaban ma'aikatansa biyo bayan murabus din Matthew A. Clark a ranar 26 ga Mayu, 2020.

Labarin biyan kuɗi

A watan Agustan 2020, jaridar Baltimore Sun ta ruwaito cewa McGrath ya karbi kunshin $ 233,647 wanda ya hada da albashi na shekara guda bayan ya bar Ma'aikatar Muhalli ta Maryland da son rai, wanda kwamitin daraktocin hukumar ya amince da shi a wani taron sirri na kan layi a Rana 28 ga Mayu. A cewar masu gabatar da kara da masu bincike na tarayya, McGrath ya yi ƙoƙari ya share duk wani ambaton diyya daga minti na jama'a bayan zabe. McGrath ya kare kunshin sa na yankewa, ya rubuta a cikin wani labari na The Sun cewa yana da damar samun Parachute na zinariya na kamfanoni saboda MES tana aiki "ba ta da bambanci da wani bangare mai zaman kansa. " Ya yi murabus a matsayin shugaban ma'aikata a ranar 17 ga Agusta, 2020, kwana huɗu bayan an buga labarin. A cewar wata shaida da kafofin watsa labarai suka samu, an fara sanar da Hogan game da biyan kuɗi a ranar 2 ga watan Agusta, 2020, bayan memba na kwamitin MES Joseph F. Snee Jr. ya gaya wa babban lauyan Hogan, Michael Pedone, game da biyan. Bayan Hogan ya koyi game da biyan kuɗi, an kira McGrath zuwa ofishin Hogan don tattauna batun washegari. Duk da haka, ba a san ko Hogan ya dauki wani mataki ba kafin a saki labarin Baltimore Sun kwanaki 10 bayan haka. Bayan murabus din McGrath, Hogan ya ba da umarnin binciken Hukumar Kula da Muhalli ta Maryland.

Shugabannin Jam'iyyar Democrat na Majalisar Dattijai ta Maryland da sauri sun yi tambaya game da biyan kuɗi, tare da Kakakin Majalisar Adrienne A. Jones da Shugaban Majalisar Dattijan Bill Ferguson sun saki wata sanarwa ta hadin gwiwa da ke kiran bayyanar ta "da gaske mai ban tsoro" kuma sun nemi Kwamitin hadin gwiwa kan Ayyuka masu adalci da Kula da Ma'aikatan Jiha da su gudanar da sauraro nan da nan don bincika dalilin da ya sa aka biya; co-shugaban kwamitin, Sanata Clarence Lam da wakilin jihar da wakilin Erek Barron, sun yi alkawarin bincika biyan kuɗi. Kafin taron farko na kwamitin a ranar 25 ga watan Agusta, McGrath ya nemi taimakon Hogan, yana rokonsa ta hanyar saƙon rubutu don shiga tsakani a madadinsa. Hogan bai amsa rubutun ba, a maimakon haka nan da nan ya saki rubutun ga kwamitin. A lokacin wannan taron na farko, mambobin kwamitin MES sun shaida cewa McGrath ya yaudare su cikin gaskata cewa Hogan yana son su amince da biyan. A watan Satumbar 2020, tsohuwar mataimakiyar MES Beth Wojton ta shaida cewa McGrath ta hana ita da sauran ma'aikata daga ganin kudaden da suka shafi Taron Jagorancin Kasuwancin Muhalli, jerin abubuwan da suka faru na MES da ake gudanarwa a kowace shekara. Daga baya a wannan watan, kwamitin ya ɗauki mataki mai ban mamaki na ba da izini ga McGrath, wanda ya ba da shaida a gaban 'yan majalisa a watan Disamba 2020. A lokacin da ya ba da shaida, McGrath ya ki amsa tambayoyin sau da yawa, yana kiran Kwaskwarima ta Biyar ga Kundin Tsarin Mulki na Amurka aƙalla sau 130.

A watan Satumbar 2020, shugabannin Democrat na Babban Taron Maryland sun ba da sanarwar shirye-shiryen sake fasalin Ma'aikatar Muhalli ta Maryland bayan wa'adin McGrath. A watan Disamba na 2020, 'yan majalisa sun gabatar da Dokar Gyara Ayyukan Muhalli ta Maryland ta 2021, wanda ya canza tsarin gudanarwa da kula da hukumar. Kudin ya wuce kuma Gwamna Hogan ya sanya hannu a cikin doka a ranar 13 ga Afrilu, 2021.

A watan Mayu na 2021, Kwamitin hadin gwiwa kan Ayyuka masu kyau da Kula da Ma'aikatan Jiha ya fitar da rahoto game da bincikensa a cikin McGrath, wanda ya ba da shawarar cewa McGrath ya yi watsi da dokokin ma'aikatan Jihohi, ya sami biyan kuɗi mai ban sha'awa, kuma ya ɓata cikakkun bayanai game da biyan kuɗin da aka yi masa. An saki rahoton karshe na shafi 82 na kwamitin a watan Mayu na shekara ta 2022, wanda ya nuna tsarin kudade masu tuhuma da cinikin kai a karkashin mulkin McGrath kuma ya yi kira ga Ma'aikatar Muhalli ta Maryland da ta dauki matakin shari'a a kansa.

Laifukan da ake yi wa laifi

Zargin Tarayya

Ofishin Bincike na Tarayya na McGrath, Yuni 2021

A watan Oktoba na 2020, Maryland Matters ta ba da rahoton cewa masu gabatar da kara na jihohi da na tarayya suna binciken biyan kuɗin da aka yi wa McGrath a ƙarshen lokacinsa a matsayin darektan MES. A ranar 5 ga Oktoba, 2021, babban juri na tarayya ya gurfanar da McGrath kan tuhume-tuhumen zamba, rashin adalci a ofis, da kuma amfani da kudaden jihar yadda ya kamata. Ya yi wa masu gabatar da kara na jihar hari a cikin wani sakon Facebook daga baya a wannan makon, yana mai cewa "masu zalunci da ke motsawa ta siyasa" suna bin sa kuma yana da tabbaci "gaskiya ta ɓoye za ta fito fili kuma ta yi magana da kansu". Daga baya a wannan watan, Majalisa na Kotun Gundumar Amurka Thomas M. DiGirolamo ya amince da sakin McGrath kafin a yi masa shari'a, yana buƙatar ya mika fasfo da bindigoginsa. A watan Nuwamba na 2021, McGrath ya yi ikirarin cewa ba shi da laifi a kotun tarayya. Idan aka yanke masa hukunci, da ya fuskanci shekaru 140 a kurkuku.

A watan Nuwamba na 2021, McGrath ya yi iƙirarin cewa Gwamna Hogan ya nuna goyon baya ga kunshin sa na yanke hukunci, ya saki hotunan saƙon rubutu tsakanin shi da Hogan a watan Agustan 2020, gami da daya inda Hogan ya rubuta: "Na san cewa ba ku yi wani abu ba daidai ba ne. Na san cewa ba daidai ba. Zan tsaya tare da ku". A cewar Michael Ricci, Darakta na Sadarwa na Hogan, gwamnan ya aika da sakon kafin ya sami ƙarin bayani game da yadda McGrath ya sami kunshin tsagaitawa. Ricci ya kuma kalubalanci wasu imel ɗin da McGrath ya fitar, yana kiransu "cikakken ƙirƙira".