From the Anchorage Daily News:

Wednesday was the first day of confirmation hearings for Ross, with the Legislature scheduled to vote April 16 on whether he should be the state’s new attorney general.

“Nobody ever accused me of tippy toeing around the issues. Now I’m asking for this job of advocating for Alaska, for the state that I love almost as much as I love my wife,” Ross said.

Ross was the original defense lawyer for Kohring, whom federal prosecutors accused of taking bribes when he represented Wasilla in the state Legislature. Ross maintained at the time that Kohring was innocent, and said Wednesday under questioning from Senate judiciary committee members that he still believes that’s true, despite a jury in Anchorage federal court finding him guilty. Kohring was sentenced last year to serve three-and-a-half years in prison.

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