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Jewels from the original, which was set with 650 diamonds and weighed around 2,800 carats, were sold piecemeal on the black market.

In previous years, piecemeal confirmation of the line-up has started in November, but the full rundown is typically kept under wraps until March.

A taxpayer group opposing the bond says the state will go further into debt on piecemeal projects.

“Under a Harris administration, it would trudge along. They’re still finding these piecemeal ways to go about it.”

But the piecemeal allegations leveled in the criminal and civil cases stopped short of answering an essential question that’s been hinted at by attorneys, investigators and internet sleuths: Who else was involved?