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Originally published at The Miami Independent.
Editor's Note: CDM is not substantiating Diamantis' claims; however, we are allowing him to tell his version of events. We are actively using FOIA in an attempt to corroborate.
Reporting on Location from Greece
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[COURT DOCUMENT: Sealed Federal Indictment – U.S. v. Konstantinos Diamantis (3:24-cr-00108)]
From an undisclosed location in Greece, former Connecticut Deputy Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management (OPM) Konstantinos "Kosta" Diamantis has officially broken his silence.
For years, establishment media outlets ran non-stop headlines labeling Diamantis the singular face of Connecticut state corruption. Now, speaking on the record, Diamantis presents a very different narrative: he claims he was turned into a political fall guy by Governor Ned Lamont’s administration to bury an emergency procurement scandal involving the Governor's family finances.
With Governor Ned Lamont actively seeking a historic third term, Diamantis is stepping forward to warn Connecticut voters and challenge the federal charges detailed in United States v. Diamantis.
"I became the whipping boy during that time of the Governor’s anti-corruption campaign," Diamantis revealed. "They effectively used me along with COVID-19 to secure a second term. And by the way, here we are again in the third term, where I’ve become the whipping boy again as some face of corruption—which is the furthest thing from the truth."
According to Diamantis, the sudden push to turn his office into a political lightning rod began in late October 2021. At the time, media scrutiny was mounting over multi-million-dollar, no-bid pandemic contracts awarded to Sema4, a clinical testing laboratory.
The controversy centered on personal and financial connections within the executive branch:
The No-Bid Windfall: Sema4 went from performing virtually zero testing in Connecticut to receiving nearly $28 million in state COVID-19 contracts.
The Oak HC/FT Investment: First Lady Annie Lamont’s prominent venture capital firm, Oak HC/FT, held major early stakes in the enterprise, investing $17.5 million into related platforms.
The Geballe Connection: Lamont’s Chief Operating Officer, Josh Geballe—a Levi Strauss heir who previously ran the Annie Lamont-backed startup Core Informatics—oversaw pandemic emergency procurement before returning to Yale University as Senior Associate Provost for Innovation and Managing Director of Yale Ventures. His mother, Shelley Geballe, a prominent Yale public health professor and progressive organizer, co-founded the NGO Connecticut Voices for Children, which originally launched the state's dominant legacy news outlet, the CT Mirror.
Diamantis stated that internal OPM budget analysts flagged severe concerns regarding how the testing Request for Proposals (RFP) was being held up to allow Sema4 time to retool its laboratory. When Diamantis raised these red flags directly with Geballe, he said he received a blunt directive: "Stay in your lane."
Diamantis’s defense team, led by attorney Norm Pattis, argues that the charges represent selective prosecution designed to shield a powerful establishment dynasty. Lamont’s ancestral lineage traces through centuries of deep banking influence: his great-grandfather, Thomas W. Lamont, chaired J.P. Morgan; his great-uncle Corliss Lamont was an ACLU director targeted during the McCarthy hearings; and his father, Edward Miner Lamont, served in the Nixon administration's Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Diamantis points to specific institutional conflicts between state leadership and federal prosecutors:
The Dannehy–Boyle Nexus: On March 1, 2021, Governor Lamont hired Nora Dannehy to serve as his General Counsel. On that exact same day, Dannehy’s husband, Leonard Boyle, became Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut—the very office leading public integrity probes.
The FBI 302 Leak: Diamantis revealed that an FBI Form 302 memo dated April 22, 2022, documented Dannehy meeting federal agents outside the State Capitol. Dannehy provided cell phone passcodes and warned agents that investigating Lamont communications director Duby McDowell "could have political implications" for the Governor. The McDowell probe was quietly dropped, while Diamantis remained in the crosshairs.
The Daly–Pavlis Link: Former U.S. Attorney Deirdre Daly served as private ethics counsel to Ned and Annie Lamont, creating internal conflict-of-interest lists. Her husband, Alfred Pavlis, served as First Assistant U.S. Attorney. Diamantis noted that while numerous firms were placed on Lamont’s recusal list, Sema4 failed to make the exclusion sheet.
When Diamantis faced trial on federal charges, his defense team sought to call Governor Ned Lamont to the witness stand under oath.
While the Governor previously claimed publicly that he would cooperate and testify if called, his legal team took immediate steps to keep him out of court.
"One of my witnesses was the Governor, who originally had said if he’s called in to try to testify, he would testify," Diamantis said. "And when it came time for him to come in and testify, instead he had his lawyers file a Motion to Quash to avoid coming to court to testify. And the court granted his motion because he said he didn’t know anything."
Diamantis rejected the Governor's claim of total detachment, emphasizing that as Director of School Construction and Deputy OPM Secretary, he conferred with Lamont regularly on state bonding, school construction initiatives, and emergency measures.
During the interview, Diamantis addressed the 21 federal counts outlined in the sealed grand jury indictment, focusing on school masonry work in Hartford:
Lowest Responsible Bidder: State law strictly mandated awarding construction packages to the lowest qualified bidder, which masonry contractor Acranom met on the Weaver High School project.
No State Reimbursed Funds: Federal prosecutors argued state money was steered through a $250,000 change order. However, project architect Kermit Thompson testified that the change order was handled strictly at the municipal town level and was never submitted to or reimbursed by the State of Connecticut.
Family Pressure Tactics: Diamantis strongly pushed back against claims that he extorted his family in a $600,000 Medicaid audit matter involving optometrist Helen Zervas. He stated Zervas's private attorneys had negotiated the restitution framework months before he placed a single routine inquiry call, alleging that prosecutors threatened to target his daughters unless he agreed to a plea deal.
Diamantis has formally petitioned the Department of Justice under Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove to appoint a Special Counsel to examine prosecutorial conduct in Connecticut. He states his presidential pardon application remains formally pending in Washington.
With Connecticut's 2026 gubernatorial election in the home stretch, Diamantis says the public deserves to review the full paper trail before casting their ballots.
"If they stopped and looked at the information that was presented, they would see the truth," Diamantis said.
This is a developing investigative report. The claims, contractual records, and timeline assertions presented in this series remain subject to ongoing factual verification and independent review. As additional state procurement audits, court dockets, and public filings emerge, this reporting will be updated accordingly.
Watch the full investigation and examine the primary documents via the links above.
Douglas Ross is a contributing editor for the Miami Independent and the CDM Network.
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