NMI Special Prosecutor on Torres trial: Where are the feds?

CNMI Special Prosecutor and Assistant Attorney General James Kingman took to social media to voice frustration over the pace of the public corruption case against former Governor Ralph Torres.
In a public post on Facebook, Kingman wrote, “It has been one full year since the corruption trial that I was brought out here to prosecute was set to begin and the judge had not ruled on a single pending pretrial motion nor issued a scheduling order.”
He added, “Where are the feds? Where is the oversight? Where are the ethics committees? Where is the bar? What are we even doing out here?”
In a direct response to KUAM News’ request for further comment, Kingman said, “Jury selection was supposed to begin one year ago today. We do not even have a scheduling order.”
Torres has denied the allegations.
The case was reassigned to Guam Judge Arthur Barcinas last April.