The Associated Press finally tells us why a federal grand jury will be hearing testimony in the Marshall University – Emily Perdue matter.  John Perdue told officials he was the State Treasurer, and Robin Perdue told them she was director of the State Grievance Board.

The most telling quotation: “My contention has never been that the student did not do the work to earn the grade,” Wyant said. “The problem for me has always been the way it was handled, and the fact that right from the beginning I knew it was not right. Other students do not get that kind of attention.”

Emily Perdue did the work, but it’s a crime because she was given special treatment?  By special treatment, I assume we’re talking about an expedited path for completing coursework after Marshall University treated students in this program pretty shabbily as best I can tell?  And just where is the quid pro quo – the thing that someone at Marshall University was promised in exchange for the favorable treatment?  Again I ask why anyone would take a matter like this before a federal grand jury?