(AP) — Former Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell said he is confident in the innocence of three people who were officials when he was in office. The three have been indicted for allegedly conspiring to hide the source of public funds used to get a police chief to retire during a corruption investigation. The officials are Roy Amemiya, the city’s former managing director; Donna Leong, the city’s former top civil attorney; and Max Sword, who led the Honolulu Police Commission from 2016 to 2018. They surrendered to the FBI last month. An indictment says the trio arranged for ex-chief Louis Kealoha’s $250,000 payout. They pleaded not guilty.

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