Finally, he claimed that the whole issue had already blown over because his name was “cleared” by investigators—so what are we even doing here, really, when the hard-working people of Oklahoma need him to fight for them?
The Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office, which has been handling the law enforcement side of the investigation, has not backed this narrative. Instead, it issued a Facebook statement on the afternoon of July 29 “to clear up any confusion.” The statement noted that “this investigation is still in its infancy, so it would be inappropriate to discuss who we plan to speak with or any evidence we are seeking.”
If anything, the investigation appears to be ramping up. On July 30, the Oklahoma County District Attorney asked the State Bureau of Investigation to join the Sheriff’s Office investigation, the goal of which was to see “whether the State Superintendent of Public Instruction—or any other individual—improperly exhibited obscene material during executive session of the board meeting.”
Behold! The actual TV from the incident.
Credit:
Alias
Forensics
As for “the scene of the crime,” investigators have already been to the Department of Education building and looked over the TV in question.
According to a July 30 report from Alias Cybersecurity, the device in question is a 55-inch Samsung that was connected to an office Wi-Fi network and had Airplay and separate”remote access” capabilities, including screen-sharing support. (Airplay was set up to require a pairing code upon first connection but not thereafter.)
Unfortunately, given the “limited logging capabilities” on the TV, nothing could be determined about what it might have displayed during the board meeting.
But Alias did suggest that investigators interview everyone in the room during the meeting, identify any devices that those people had with them, and then “perform a forensic examination of those identified devices, including looking at application logs and casting history.”
Three state Board of Education members—Carson, Deatherage, and Tinney—sit for an interview with NEWS 9.
A Gilligan-type hat
In an interview yesterday with local TV station NEWS 9, the board members who filed the complaint expanded on what had happened in the controversial meeting last week.
