June 01, 2007 07:46 PM UTC

Paschall Appears in Court

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• by: Colorado Pols

Former Jefferson County Treasurer Mark Paschall, one leg of the triumverate titled the “Three Kings of Corruption” (along with Commissioners Kevin McCasky and Jim Congrove), finally appeared in court today, as The Canyon Courier reports:

Former Jefferson County Treasurer Mark Paschall appeared in court Friday where he told a district judge he was not guilty of attempting to solicit a kickback from a former political appointee.

Paschall stood quietly while his attorney, David Lane, entered the plea for the high-profile Republican.

Paschall will face a jury trial set to begin on Oct. 16 in Jefferson County. The trial is expected to last up to four days.

Paschall is accused of having solicited a kickback from a $25,000 bonus he offered to a former political appointee shortly before he left office after losing the 2006 election to fellow Republican Faye Griffin.

He remains free on bond until the trial.

Reportedly there is an audiotape that exists of Paschall soliciting the kickback, so things could get pretty stick for him.