Attorney Regulation Counsel exonerates McInnis in plagiarism case, indirectly castigates Denver Post

Last year government watchdog group Colorado Ethics Watch asked the state’s Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel to investigate charges that Colorado-licensed attorney and former Congressman Scott McInnis violated professional ethics when he reportedly plagiarized articles he was contracted to write for the Hasan Family Foundation. The plagiarism charges tanked McInnis’s 2010 campaign for governor, but the Regulation Counsel found McInnis not guilty of either plagiarizing or misrepresenting his work to the foundation. The Counsel’s report on the investigation released Friday fingers the Denver Post, which broke the plagiarism story, as the guilty party in the scandal, saying the paper’s reporting was riddled with errors.

ProgressNow UN bicycle imperialists mock Maes, raise money

The race for governor of Colorado this year has given progressive activist group ProgressNow a mother lode of material. The group notably mocked plagiarist GOP primary loser Scott McInnis. The group handed out McDonalds-style happy meal bags from “Scott…

In advance of primary voting, McInnis asks for extension in ethics probe

Colorado Ethics Watch filed a complaint last month asserting that GOP candidate for governor and Colorado licensed attorney Scott McInnis violated professional ethics rules when he plagiarized articles for which he was paid $300,000. The Colorado Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel took up the investigation in July and gave McInnis 20 days to file a defense (pdf). The deadline came and went last Wednesday.

McInnis still not talking about Hasan payment to Invest 2 corporation

Colorado Republican candidate for governor Scott McInnis and his staff have refused for weeks to discuss payments made to him for plagiarized water articles by the Hasan Family Foundation and why part of that money was diverted to Invest 2 corporation.

Hasans: McInnis trying to ‘wiggle out’ of repaying $300K for plagiarized articles

Embattled Colorado Republican candidate for governor Scott McInnis has so far avoided making any arrangements to pay back to the influential conservative Hasan Family Foundation the $300,000 he was paid to produce a series of water articles he plagiarized. After…

VIDEO: McInnis muses on his ‘intense background on business and water’

ColoradoBiz TV treats political observers to a perhaps unintentionally comic video of GOP candidate for governor Scott McInnis talking about his expertise on water the day after news broke that he plagiarized a short series of articles he was…

McInnis reportedly yet to arrange repayment for plagiarized articles

It has been six days since embattled GOP candidate for governor Scott McInnis said he would repay the $300,000 paid to him by the Hasan Family Foundation for a series of articles he plagiarized but McInnis has yet return…

McInnis, Dudley beat the heat in Aspen last week

Apparently Aspen is a great place to escape both the summer heat and the heat of a gubernatorial campaign experiencing some turbulence.

Former Colorado congressman Scott McInnis last week skillfully ducked mounting media fallout from his ongoing plagiarism scandal…

McInnis closely guarding Hasan Foundation payback arrangements

Journalists may not like to think of themselves playing school teachers to public officials and candidates, but they often serve this function. Are candidates following the rules? Are they telling the truth? Are they doing the things they said they’d…

McInnis poll numbers plummet in wake of plagiarism scandal

Democratic Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper has tied former Republican Scott McInnis for the first time in the Colorado race for governor, suggesting voters have been turned off to the former Congressman by revelations he plagiarized an…