New Mexico House Democrat Resigns Amid Criminal Probe Into Racketeering, Money Laundering

New Mexico House Majority Leader Sheryl Williams Stapleton, a Democrat, is under criminal investigation by the Attorney General’s Office on allegations of racketeering, money laundering, receiving illegal kickbacks, and other violations, officials said this week. New Mexico House of Representatives

New Mexico House Majority Leader Sheryl Williams Stapleton, a Democrat, resigned on July 30 amid a criminal probe involving allegations that include money laundering and racketeering, according to reports.

Stapleton announced her resignation in a letter, obtained by The Paper, to New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver, in which she “unequivocally” denied the allegations.