NEBRASKA AG’S OFFICE ATTEMPTS TO REVIVE ITS PROSECUTION OF FORMER HISTORY AGENCY HEAD

LINCOLN — The Nebraska Attorney General’s Office, in a 50-page brief filed Tuesday, argues that its felony prosecution of the former director of History Nebraska was wrongly dismissed by the Nebraska Court of Appeals.

Meanwhile, attorneys for Trevor Jones, who resigned the $164,800-a-year job in 2022, filed their own brief with the Nebraska Supreme Court maintaining that the AG’s office had errored in trying to appeal the discharge.

The competing court briefs are the latest chapter in an on-again, off-again prosecution of Jones. He was alleged to have committed theft by deception for redirecting $270,000 in funds provided by the private Nebraska State Historical Society Foundation to a competing foundation he had set up.

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