Tennessee’s lead government watchdog is calling for the appointment of a special prosecutor for a second opinion on whether Nashville District Attorney General Glenn Funk or anyone in his office violated any laws.
Comptroller Jason Mumpower made those comments in an exclusive interview following his office’s release of a scathing investigative report into Funk’s office. Among the findings: Funk’s office secretly recorded defense attorneys as they reviewed evidence inside the DA’s suite, then shared those recordings with the prosecutors on those cases.
Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti had indicated his office would not prosecute Funk or anyone in his office although he did say there may have been ethical breaches in what the DA did…