SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The director of a state board that in early 2020 was forced to end a contract with a Democratic activist after his name surfaced in purported government coverups involving a rape and illegal state hiring has been removed from his job.

The Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board said Wednesday that it fired former executive director Brent Fischer on Sept. 8.

Keith Calloway is Fischer’s replacement. Calloway says he cannot comment on the 54-year-old Fischer’s termination. It is unclear if it was connected to his leadership on the board in January 2020 when an incendiary email surfaced naming contract worker Forrest Ashby, prompting the board to cancel Ashby’s employment.