"Albuquerque Officials and Attorneys Under FBI Investigation"
The Albuquerque Police Department has named defense attorney Thomas Clear as the attorney suspected of illegal conduct alongside APD officers in a scheme involving getting paid to dismiss DWI cases. Clear, who was the Chair of the Public Defender Commission, had his home raided by the FBI. The Public Defender's Office has dismissed concerns over Clear's conduct, prompting a response from Chief Public Defender Ben Bauer, who called the letter from APD Chief Harold Medina a "self-serving distraction."