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The offices of Winston Peters’ confidant and New Zealand First Foundation administrator Brian Henry were the subject of a morning raid by the Serious Fraud Office in February, before the closure of Covid-19.
The investigators took documents related to the Foundation, which according to the Electoral Commission violated the electoral law, since they did not declare donations that ended up being used for party expenses.
The matter was referred to the police who turned the file over to the OFS for further investigation.
Henry seemed relaxed about the raid, saying he was happy to cooperate with the OFS because the Foundation had nothing to hide. He said that all the documents were in a box waiting for them.
Peters also said in the past that the problem had nothing to do with him and that the party would be exonerated.
The OFS, since the closure, has been conducting the investigation in difficult circumstances, but in a statement earlier today it said it planned to complete it before the September 19 election and that is its intention.
“However, our actual completion date will depend on our ability to conduct certain interviews, as well as other tasks that can only be completed at lower alert levels and the cooperation of those with relevant information for our investigation,” said one spokesman. today.
Peters has always maintained that they won’t need to interview him because it has nothing to do with him.
He said the OFS would not find any evidence of wrongdoing because there is no such evidence: “We have a legal opinion to back up what we have said.”
His attorney Henry is working from his Auckland home and was surprised to be informed by Barry Soper of Newstalk ZB of the OFS statement, saying that it appears that the media knows more about the investigation than he does.
