Eye on Oklahoma: Epic Charter Trial Delays

Eye on Oklahoma: Epic Charter Trial Delays
September 23, 2026

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Eye on Oklahoma: Epic Charter Trial Delays

The embezzlement case against Epic Charter Schools co-founders David Chaney and Ben Harris faces another delay after defense attorneys challenged their June 24 arraignment, leaving Oklahoma’s $22 million taxpayer-funded investigation unresolved more than four years after charges were filed.

Andrea Eger and Jennifer Palmer’s story, “Delay Usually Favors the Defense”: What’s Really Taking So Long in the Epic Charter Case can be read here.


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