WA Attorney general seeks contempt order against Tim Eyman

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - Attorney General Bob Ferguson wants a Snohomish County Superior Court judge to hold Tim Eyman and his political committees in contempt for failing to turn over documents in as part of an investigation into campaign finance practices.

Ferguson filed a motion seeking the order Wednesday, and said he was also seeking a similar ruling from a Thurston County judge against signature gathering firm Citizen Solutions.

Ferguson says that Eyman and the committees have failed to meet the court-ordered deadline for disclosing the documents.

Eyman has proposed numerous tax-limiting initiatives over the years. Last fall, the state Public Disclosure Commission said it discovered several potential violations of campaign-finance law.

The findings included allegations Eyman used $170,000 in contributions to a political committee for living expenses and that about half of $623,000 in payments from one of Eyman's political committees to Citizen Solutions was passed along to Eyman's for-profit company.