Was Hewett's family "threatened" with prosecution because they committed unlawful acts that were prosecutable?

I cannot speak to the allegation he made against Holden. As for the stuff he brought up about Cooke, it's ridiculous. Like other governmental agencies, as well as private businesses, county employees are allotted a certain amount of travel expenses for going out of town on county business. If he was getting a coffee at our expense, so be it. It is one of the costs of doing county business. It's not like he was stopping to eat lobster or prime rib on our dime. He wasn't breaking the rules.