Nashville council members want DA investigated
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Ten members of Nashville’s Metro Council have sent a letter to Gov. Bill Haslam asking that a special prosecutor be appointed to investigate county District Attorney Glenn Funk.
Controversy has been swirling around Funk after he was given a part-time job with a state organization in a deal which allowed him to bolster his pension before he was sworn in as Nashville’s top prosecutor. Funk has also been dogged by questions about whether he improperly got health insurance through the state before becoming D.A.
Funk has maintained that he did nothing wrong.
WTVF-TV (http://bit.ly/1Gp3Kih ) reports that council members sent the letter Wednesday to both Haslam and state Attorney General Herbert Slatery. State lawmakers are also demanding that Funk go before the Senate Judiciary Committee to explain the pension deal.
