Despite ethics violation, West Virginia Senate committee adds Capehart as counsel

The West Virginia Senate Finance Committee hired a former state official who paid out $10,000 as the result of a 2015 ethics investigation as its legal counsel.

Robin Capehart, the former Secretary of Tax and Revenue under Gov. Cecil Underwood and former West Liberty University president, will join the staff, according to a news release.

Both Senate President Mitch Carmichael, R-Jackson, and newly appointed Senate Finance Chairman Craig Blair, R-Berkeley, issued supportive statements in the release.

In June 2015, Capehart entered into a conciliation agreement with the West Virginia Ethics Commission. He admitted to one of 13 charges filed against him, all centered around using employees and resources of West Liberty University, while he served as its president, to bolster his private film company.

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