A deputy attorney general has been put on leave following accusations that he leaked information about an ongoing public corruption probe.
A prosecutor says that Deputy Attorney General Sonny Reagan was placed on administrative leave on Thursday by Attorney General Luther Strange.
Van Davis, the acting attorney general in the corruption probe, says Reagan for months had undisclosed communications with individuals affiliated with people indicted, or under investigation, by a Lee County grand jury. Davis says Reagan also took steps to obstruct the investigation.
Reagan was subpoenaed last month to testify before the grand jury. Reagan's lawyers tried unsuccessfully to block the subpoena. Reagan argued that the subpoena was in retaliation for a dispute with a prosecutor. Reagan testified, but his lawyer eventually advised him to stop answering prosecutors' questions.