Overview

• Two State Board members say they saw a “retro” video of naked women playing on a television in Superintendent Ryan Walters’s office during a closed-door session on July 24.
• The Office of Management and Enterprise Services referred the matter to the Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office, which has launched a preliminary inquiry to determine if any laws or policies were breached.
• House Speaker Kyle Hilbert and Senate President Pro Tem Lonnie Paxton have urged Walters to unlock and hand over all relevant devices and fully cooperate with the investigation.
• Walters has issued categorical denials on social media, calling the accusations “false” and framing the reports as politically motivated attacks by a “broken establishment.”
• At a July 30 press conference, Walters accused board members and Governor Kevin Stitt of orchestrating a coordinated attack, demanded their resignations and warned of consequences for those he labeled dishonest.