An investigation into Office of Hawaiian Affairs has been ongoing since March of 2018, regarding corruption and misappropriation of public tax dollars.
It had still been ongoing as of December 9th 2019
As of December 30th 2019, the investigation has been suspended by the state’s auditor, the FBI’s investigation if separate (that part is not quite clear), may still be ongoing.
State Auditor Les Kondo announced today that the Office of the Auditor has suspended its audit of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs’ (OHA) limited liability companies (LLCs) because the OHA Board of Trustees is denying access to complete and unredacted minutes of its meetings, even though the audit was ordered by the state Legislature and state law gives the auditor the “unambiguous” authority to examine all OHA records.
Also reference:
https://www.civilbeat.org/2019/12/state-auditor-suspends-review-of-oha-llcs/
In my opinion (Ryan Thompson), the ENTIRE premise of the Office of Hawaiian affairs is in violation of the 14th Amendment. Taking tax dollars from the general fund to benefit only one racial group? That does not seem like equal protection under the law. If this was a government agency to benefit ONLY Caucasians, there would likely be people in prison as a result.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Fourteenth-Amendment
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
