VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-08-21
“After reviewing footage from law enforcement body cameras, it is clear that Secretary of State Ben Lepak was thoroughly inebriated and very likely lied to law enforcement about how much he had to drink and how he and his car both arrived at the same place without him driving it,”
Gentner Drummond · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-21
Drummond made this statement in a news release calling on Gov. Kevin Stitt to fire Lepak after reviewing the bodycam footage.
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