Nashville District Attorney General Glenn Funk broke the law, but he will not be prosecuted for it.
That’s the decision reached Tuesday by Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery.
The AG’s report comes nine months after NewsChannel 5 Investigates revealed how Glenn Funk used his position to enrich himself and his family — and it confirms all the findings of our exclusive investigation.
That investigation showed how Funk convinced a state official to create a job for him — two months before he took office — to help him qualify for a more lucrative state pension.
He got paid to be a part-time prosecutor for the state’s District Attorneys General Conference, but NewsChannel 5 spotted him still representing criminal defendants in court.
And the state paid for health insurance for Funk and his family — a benefit that’s supposed to only be available for fulltime employees.
As a result, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation was called in to investigate.
“Mr. Funk’s part-time employment with the Conference was designed to give him a financial benefit to which he otherwise would not have been entitled,” Slatery’s report concluded.
“He received pension, salary, and health insurance benefits for virtually no work. Moreover, his simultaneous defense of criminal cases violated state law related to the part-time employment of attorneys by the Conference.” (continue reading at NewsChannel5)