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Debate claim becomes subject of dispute
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A file that didn’t exist on Thursday, existed Friday after claims were made during the district attorney debate that District Attorney General Lisa Zavogiannis had allowed a man her opponent called the “Country Club Drug Dealer” to have his criminal record erased.“I knew what he was saying was wrong all along,” Zavogiannis said when she revealed the file detailing the charges and conviction against Johnny Miller, now 56, was safe and sound where it had always been in the Circuit Court Clerk’s safe. “That’s why I was getting so mad when he said Mr. Miller was granted a judicial diversion and expungement. I knew what he was saying wasn’t the truth.”The issue arose during the Southern Standard’s district attorney debate between the incumbent Zavogiannis and opponent Tim Pirtle.