Judge’s ruling pauses ethics probe, lets Shekarchi’s Supreme Court seat pursuit play out in court

By: Christopher Shea

Outlets: Rhode Island Current

Published: July 7, 2026

Words: 491

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 1 day ago

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A Superior Court judge has temporarily halted the Rhode Island Ethics Commission’s investigation into former House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi’s application for a vacancy on the Supreme Court pending a hearing later this month.

Justice Richard A. Licht on July 2 granted Shekarchi’s motion to stay the probe in a consent order in Shekarchi’s lawsuit against the Ethics Commission. Shekarchi’s complaint, filed June 25, seeks to permanently end the probe into whether his bid …

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