Judge Vonda Evans
Veteran Wayne County Circuit Judge Vonda Evans said Tuesday her name has been cleared of any wrongdoing in a federal corruption probe that began in Macomb County and spread to Detroit.
"We are pleased to advise that, after conferring and discussing this matter with (Assistant U.S. Attorney) Michael Bullotta, Judge Vonda Evans is neither a target nor a suspect in any federal investigation," Evans lawyer, Todd Perkins, wrote in an e-mail to the Free Press.
"It is unfortunate that Judge Evans has had to defend her integrity in the public forum and must reassure her constituents and her supporters that she has been cleared of any wrongdoing," Perkins wrote, adding "there is a reason why many investigations are not disclosed to the public as such disclosures may unfairly cast aspersions on people, like Judge Evans, who have done nothing wrong."
Evans was among public figures named in an FBI wiretap document accidentally unsealed recently in U.S. District Court. The document suggested the figures may be involved in public corruption. Evans' name and those of others ended up in news reports, leaving open questions about their integrity.
Evans told Tresa Baldas of the Free Press: "After over 20 years as a public servant, I am elated and relieved that my name has been cleared."
The U.S. Attorney's Office confirms she's not a corruption probe target.
