“Imminent” but unspecified “major announcements” concerning Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke are coming following a seven-month investigation by the state Department of the Attorney General into allegations that an “influential state legislator” accepted $35,000 in a paper bag in 2022, according to Gov. Josh Green.

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“Imminent” but unspecified “major announcements” concerning Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke are coming following a seven-month investigation by the state Department of the Attorney General into allegations that an “influential state legislator” accepted $35,000 in a paper bag in 2022, according to Gov. Josh Green.

“A lot of the concerns that have been raised are going to be made public and you’re going to see a great deal of activity in a few short days,” Green told Hawaii News Now on Tuesday. “So get ready to have a vibrant discussion along with all of society. That is imminent. Can I give you the details? No, I can’t because that’s got to be done by the attorney general and it’s got to be done in a way that’s consistent with fairness.”

Green declined to elaborate to the Honolulu Star-Advertiser.

The attorney general’s office told the Star-­Advertiser in a statement that it can’t comment on the governor’s remarks. “The Department remains committed to conducting this investigation independently and will provide additional information when it is appropriate to do so,” the statement said.

Luke went on indefinite, unpaid leave in April after she was notified by the attorney general’s office that she was a target of an investigation. She also dropped her reelection bid for a second term ahead of the Aug. 8 Democratic Party primary election.

On Friday, Attorney General Anne Lopez confirmed in a statement that work “continues without interruption on its ongoing public corruption investigation.” Investigators and prosecutors with the department’s Special Investigation and Prosecution Division are evaluating information as they work to complete its investigation.

Green said Tuesday that he expects there will be “a major announcement and then there will be, I assume, a lot of activity and resolution in the weeks that follow.”

He previously said he was not interviewed as part of the investigation and was not involved in the allegations.

“It’s also important that I stay above the fray because I should never, ever influence any kind of investigation from that branch of government,” he reiterated Tuesday. “The attorney general does have to be independent. The Judiciary has to be independent. I would never suggest someone’s innocence or guilt until they’ve had the chance themselves to weigh in.”

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Asked how he knew an announcement about Luke is forthcoming, Green said: “Because as governor, I have to know if any changes have to be made, if any adjustments for government have to be done for the good of continuity of government and also to make sure that people will have trust in all the other branches of government in my Cabinet members and so on.

“Do I think people will be satisfied?” he said in response to a question. “I don’t know. I think they will be satisfied that the attorney general’s office has undergone a thorough and appropriate process. … The attorney general will take the actions that she feels are necessary and were warranted by their big investigation.”

On Jan. 20, 2022, Luke, then-chair of the powerful House Finance Committee, was running for the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor when she had dinner with committee Vice Chair Ty J.K. Cullen, lobbyist Tobi Solidum and Solidum’s daughter, Kristen Pae.

Cullen was secretly acting as an FBI informant and recorded the meeting after he was caught by FBI agents taking bribes from wastewater systems executive Milton J. Choy.

Cullen and former Senate Majority Leader J. Kalani English separately pleaded guilty in federal court in 2022 to accepting bribes from Choy and were sentenced to federal prison, along with Choy.

Even after Luke went on leave in April, Green said “the public trust is still damaged, but people are not choosing between her and some other candidates.”

“I will spend a lot of energy trying to make sure people do trust the process,” he said. “But for my part, I wanted to make sure that everyone knew no one was getting a free pass.”

Lopez, Green said, “did not provide any special treatment or any cover for anybody and I think actually there will be a fair amount of closure quite quickly for everyone.”

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Star-Advertiser staff writer Peter Boylan contributed to this report.