LINCOLN- Allegations of witness tampering surfaced this week as the latest wrinkle in the ongoing lawsuit and investigations against Nebraska’s two medical cannabis petitions.

The Nebraska Attorney General’s Office, defending Secretary of State Bob Evnen in the lawsuit while also pursuing a separate challenge to the petitions, denied any wrongdoing at a Friday hearing with Lancaster County District Court Judge Susan Strong. At that pretrial hearing, Judge Strong heard arguments on the allegation and ruled no ethical violations took place. Strong officially divided the trial into two phases if necessary, with the first trial phase beginning Oct. 29, one week before the November election.

Sydney Hayes, an attorney for the sponsors, had asked Strong to delay the trial due to “roadblocks” in receiving evidence from the Attorney General’s Office, whose civil attorneys are defending Evnen from Kuehn’s lawsuit. Kuehn is challenging his own set of at least 17,000 signatures on both petitions, while Evnen is challenging at least 49,000 signatures on each of the campaign’s measures.

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