A Civil Grand Jury has formally accused Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith of granting concealed weapon licenses to donors and political supporters and lying about accepting gifts.
The accusation filed Tuesday claims Smith committed willful and corrupt misconduct by making it a practice to grant licenses to carry concealed firearms to people based on whether individuals were donors to her political campaign, members of the Sheriff’s Advisory Board nonprofit, or had a personal connection to Smith.
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