INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission on Monday filed a petition asking to release a conditional agreement signed by Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita after he publicly denied wrongdoing following a settlement.
The petition said Rokita’s public statements are inconsistent with what he agreed to in the conditional agreement and have caused confusion.
The agreement and related affidavit are generally confidential under court rules.
“Respondent’s actions flouted the authority of the Court, called into question the sincerity of Respondent’s assertions to the Court in his Conditional Agreement and affidavit, and caused damage to the public’s perception of the integrity and justness of the attorney discipline system,” the motion said. “In such circumstances, the extraordinary measure of publicly releasing the Conditional Agreement and accompanying affidavit is necessary to restore public faith that lawyers cannot manipulate the discipline system to obtain a desired result and then counter with a public statement disavowing the acceptance of wrongdoing.”
Rokita responded late Monday night, saying he took responsibility for two of the three accusations made against him saying. “I am not aware of any requirement to indicate contrition with every public statement I make. Nothing I said or signed was false. The Attorney General’s Office cannot “un-confuse” a media who has a predetermined narrative.”
He continued, “I’m not going to be silenced from communicating what I know to be true about health care providers or entities who violate patient privacy, or any other issue important to voters and taxpayers.”
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