A Cautionary Tale From Diamantis Documents Provided to Feds: Don’t Use State Email for Personal Business.

Top Lamont administration budget adviser and head of school constructions grants Kostantinos Diamantis mixed state and personal affairs in his state email account. The former Democratic legislator’s messages were included in a response to a federal subpoena requesting documents from the state as part of an ongoing corruption investigation. The administration has made thousands of documents provided to in compliance with the subpoena available under the Freedom of Information Act.

One thread of emails that Diamantis forwarded to his state email account details the saga of his successful efforts to obtain a boost in financial aid from a Vermont prep school for the youngest of his five daughters. Diamantis details where his other daughters went to school and tells a Vermont Academy official in a March 11, 2021 message, “At 65 I live a simple lifestyle dedicating my life to all 5 of their education.” The e-mail was sent 3 years after Diamantis added, according to public records, an 18’ x 36’ in-ground pool at his Farmington home. The building permit estimates the cost at $15,000.

A happy ending.

Published April 28, 2022.