LePage Sues Maine Attorney General For Not Defending Administration Against Suits

FILE - In a Friday, Jan. 8, 2016 file photo, Maine Gov. Paul LePage speaks at a news conference at the State House, in Augusta, Maine. The week of Jan. 10 could bring an impeachment order calling for an investigation... FILE - In a Friday, Jan. 8, 2016 file photo, Maine Gov. Paul LePage speaks at a news conference at the State House, in Augusta, Maine. The week of Jan. 10 could bring an impeachment order calling for an investigation into Republican LePage’s alleged abuse of power. Some lawmakers insist the Legislature must take some sort of action, whether it’s censure or impeachment, to punish LePage for using his influence to pressure a charter school operator into rescinding a job offer to House Speaker Mark Eves, a Democrat.(AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File) MORE LESS
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AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine’s Republican governor says he is suing the state’s Democratic attorney general because she’s refusing to represent the administration in court cases for political reasons.

Gov. Paul LePage says Attorney General Janet Mills has repeatedly refused to represent the administration in court cases she doesn’t agree with politically.

LePage announced on Monday that he filed the “abuse of power” lawsuit in Kennebec County Superior Court.

The attorney general would typically represent the administration in court. The governor says Mills’ actions have resulted in hundreds of thousands of dollars in outside attorney fees.

Mills’ office didn’t immediately respond to request for comment Monday.

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