'Embarrassing' video catches GOP state rep pouring water into colleague’s bag

Vermont State Rep. Jim Carroll, a Democrat, has been reluctant up until now to publicly discuss an embarrassing video involving a GOP colleague, Rep. Mary Morrissey — who, according to Vermont publication Seven Days, can be seen pouring liquid into a tote bag hanging from a hook outside a committee room.

But now, Seven Days' Kevin McCallum reports, Carroll is speaking out.

In a written statement, the Vermont state lawmaker said of Morrissey, "I have been very reluctant to disclose the video because I believe it will deeply embarrass Representative Morrissey. However, it has become clear to me that the media are aware of the details of Representative Morrissey's behavior, and likely will continue to report on that behavior in the near future."

Carroll shot the video himself using a remote spy camera.

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According to McCallum, Morrissey can be seen "approaching a bag outside Carroll's committee room and dumping a cup of water directly into it."

The videos were filmed on March 23 and March 26.

"Carroll initially told his committee chair, Rep. Mike Marcotte (R-Coventry), about his stuff getting soaked and asked for help figuring out how it was happening," McCallum explains. "After ruling out other explanations, Carroll concluded he was being targeted. So, he conducted a one-man statehouse sting operation."

McCallum adds, "He installed a small $23 spy camera in the hallway pointed at the coatrack outside his committee room. He took the video evidence to House Speaker Jill Krowinski (D-Burlington), who confronted Morrissey about it."

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