‘Wrap up quickly’: State supreme court justice indicted for allegedly interfering with investigation into ports director husband

Left: New Hampshire Supreme Court Associate Justice Anna Barbara Hantz Marconi is sworn in by Governor Christopher Sununu on August 8, 2017 (WMUR). Right: Geno Marconi, Port Director, New Hampshire State Port Authority, during a briefing on state infrastructure projects at the New Hampshire Port Authority in Portsmouth, N.H., April 19, 2022 (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky).

Left: New Hampshire Supreme Court Associate Justice Anna Barbara Hantz Marconi is sworn in by Governor Christopher Sununu on August 8, 2017 (WMUR). Right: Geno Marconi, Port Director, New Hampshire State Port Authority, during a briefing on state infrastructure projects at the New Hampshire Port Authority in Portsmouth, N.H., April 19, 2022 (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky).

A New Hampshire Supreme Court justice who is married to a long-embattled state official has been indicted for interfering with a criminal investigation into her husband.

According to prosecutors, New Hampshire Supreme Court Associate Justice Anna Barbara Hantz Marconi attempted to influence Gov. Chris Sununu to cut short an investigation into Marconi’s husband, State Ports and Harbor Director Geno Marconi. A Merrimack County grand jury indicted the judge Wednesday for one count of attempt to commit improper influence and one count of criminal solicitation of improper influence — both felonies — and five misdemeanors: two counts of criminal solicitation of misuse of position, one count of criminal solicitation of official oppression, one count of official oppression, and one count of obstructing government administration.

Geno Marconi, the longtime Director of the New Hampshire Division of Ports and Harbors, was abruptly put on administrative leave from his position in April. He is currently the subject of a grand jury investigation, but the purpose of that investigation has not yet been made public. According to reports in August, three people with ties to the harbors that Geno Marconi’s office oversaw were subpoenaed to testify before a Rockingham County grand jury about interactions between him and the Port Authority.

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