Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett Pleas Guilty on DUI

TENNESSEE SECRETARY OF STATE TRE HARGETT ON THURSDAY ACCEPTED A PLEA DEAL AFTER HE WAS CHARGED WITH DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE FOLLOWING A JUNE ARREST IN TULLAHOMA. ACCORDING TO THE DAILY HERALD, HARGETT ENTERED WHAT IS KNOWN AS A "BEST INTEREST" PLEA DEAL, WHICH IS A FORMAL GUILTY PLEA WHILE MAINTAINING HE’S INNOCENT OF THE CHARGE. HARGETT WAS DRIVING HIS STATE VEHICLE WHEN HE LEFT THE BONNAROO MUSIC FESTIVAL AND STOPPED AT THE TULLAHOMA BAR. A SPOKESPERSON PREVIOUSLY TOLD THE TENNESSEAN HARGETT PAID TAXES ON AND WAS ALLOWED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE FOR PERSONAL USE. AN INITIAL COURT DATE WAS SET FOR MID-JULY BUT WAS CONTINUALLY PUSHED BACK INTO THE FALL.

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