Oklahoma governor accused of ‘political favoritism’ in DUI case

The governor of Oklahoma has been accused of showing “rank political favoritism” to his college friend’s wife after she was sentenced to eight years in prison for drunk driving and causing an accident that maimed a young woman — but was released with an ankle monitor after having served just 73 days behind bars.Gov.

The governor of Oklahoma has been accused of showing “rank political favoritism” to his college friend’s wife after she was sentenced to eight years in prison for drunk driving and causing an accident that maimed a young woman — but was released with an ankle monitor after having served just 73 days behind bars.

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Gov. Kevin Stitt made “multiple calls” to the interim head of the state Department of Corrections about Sara Polston, according to a multicounty grand jury report state Attorney General Gentner Drummond released Friday.

Stitt’s chief of staff, Donnell Harder, also called the Corrections Department chief “inquiring about Sara Polston even before she was sentenced to prison,” the report says.