“Mayor de Blasio wants us to give out summonses, OK?”
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De Blasio is also facing scrutiny for allegedly violating conflict of interest laws after being accused of strong-arming Sen.
Sources said the questions from the U.S. Attorney’s office have focused on how donations are solicited by team de Blasio – including former campaign treasurer Ross Offinger.
“Sorry Hillary”, de Blasio said.
“Do me a favor”, Clinton said to de Blasio. Reichberg raised $35,000 for the Campaign for One New York. “I met them first around the time of the [2013] general election”. One of the businessmen held a fundraiser at his home for the Campaign for One New York, a nonprofit supporting the mayor’s agenda and run by his allies, and another bundled more than $40,000 in contributions to Mr.de Blasio’s 2013 campaign, records show.
As CBS2 Political Reporter Marcia Kramer reported, de Blasio has taken a vow of silence about the sprawling and complicated municipal corruption probe that has so far forced police Commissioner Bill Bratton to take action against five NYPD officials – four of them top commanders. The Mayor denied knowledge of any such investigation. Unfortunately, I found out on Monday that the shorthand CPT is no longer just an inside joke, but such a commonplace referral that even Hillary Clinton and New York Mayor Bill DeBlasio are publicly joking about the term.
“We felt from the beginning that when we were trying to achieve a progressive policy initiative, to have resources that would fight for this vision were important and were fair”, he added.
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Sources tell NBC 4 NY that the federal probe has also looked into corrections union president Norman Seabrook and a Harlem business owner accused of running a Ponzi scheme. “There’s no reason for such an entity at this point”.
