Prosecutor looking into phone records to see who might be linked to 'Joe' check
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
The Obama campaign and Strickland administration both deny involvement in the "Joe the Plumber" background check, but Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O'Brien still is examining Helen Jones-Kelley's phone records to see who she spoke with around the time when her office accessed confidential state records.
Jones-Kelley resigned Wednesday as director of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. However, she still could face criminal charges for authorizing the improper search of computer databases.
The probe into a private citizen's confidential records ignited a furor across the country when it was revealed by The Dispatch.
O'Brien said he is reviewing phone records to determine who Jones-Kelley spoke to both before and after the Oct. 16 check.
"I'm looking at calls made and received by a number of people," O'Brien said yesterday.
Jones-Kelley, a Democrat, said that no one from Barack Obama's campaign or Gov. Ted Strickland's administration instructed her to make the check of child-support, welfare and unemployment records. Read the rest Here
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