An independent investigator has released his findings into alleged wrongdoing by two candidates vying for the job of hennepin county chief public defender. While the report draws no conclusions, it's intended to provide a factual basis which the state board of public defense can use to determine whether Incumbent William Kennedy and assistant county attorney William McGee are worthy of the public trust to hold the post. Minnesota Public Radio's Elizabeth Stawicki reports: The Board hired a former federal prosecutor Jon Hopeman to examine several allegations against Kennedy and McGee...including: whether Kennedy used employees from his office to investigate his political rival William McGee. In a letter to the State Board, Kennedy says his chief investigator Russ