When Jackie Lacey first ran for Los Angeles County district attorney, she loathed asking people for money. Now seeking a third term, Lacey seems to rake in contributions with ease — including from a convicted felon. From MattHjourno and latimesharriet:
When Jackie Lacey first ran for Los Angeles County district attorney, she loathed asking people for money. The veteran prosecutor eventually got comfortable working donors and settled on a pitch she could tolerate: “Can you invest in my campaign?”
Lacey declined an interview request. In a written statement, she said she took “full responsibility” for accepting the contributions. She added, “no donor of mine has ever received different treatment than any other resident of L.A. County, because it is my job to uphold the law for every person in L.A. County.”public statements about the ethics of campaign donations. Laceyopponent during the 2012 race for taking money from a man convicted of fraud a decade earlier.
Campaign donations to prosecutors have come under national scrutiny in recent years in part because of the negative publicity resulting from a contribution made in 2012 to Manhattan D.A. Cyrus Vance by a lawyer representing Trump family members. After Vance’s office declined to pursue fraud charges against Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr. in connection with a struggling hotel and condominium development, the attorney donated nearly $32,000 to the D.A.’s reelection campaign.
Baranovsky, then 39, had once aspired to be a deejay, but began using drugs and running afoul of the law. In his 20s and early 30s, there were DUIs and arrests for drug possession, cases he resolved with short jail stints and misdemeanor convictions. As the case moved forward in L.A. Superior Court last year, the Baranovskys once again donated the maximum allowed to Lacey, bringing their total contributions to her campaign to $6,000. The same day the Baranovskys gave, a longtime friend and fellow Ukrainian immigrant, Dr. Alexander Zaks, and his wife also made contributions totaling $3,000.
The following year, Lacey’s office was conducting an organized crime investigation, and Aun turned up in its crosshairs. An undercover investigator went to Aun’s Anaheim clinic, posing as an injured gardener and secretly recorded as Aun, unprompted, offered to put him on disability for a year. Since 2014, private insurance companies have referred Lacey’s office to Aun’s alleged conduct on three occasions, according to the spokesman. The most recent came in 2018, and by then he was facing criminal charges in Orange County.
Reached by phone at the auto repair shop where he works, Telimi said his criminal conviction had nothing to do with his contribution.
Indonesia Berita Terbaru, Indonesia Berita utama
Similar News:Anda juga dapat membaca berita serupa dengan ini yang kami kumpulkan dari sumber berita lain.
FBI accuses wealthy parents, including celebrities, in college-entrance bribery schemeAuthorities say the defendants used “bribery and other forms of fraud” to facilitate their children’s admission schools such as Georgetown, Yale and Stanford.
Baca lebih lajut »
The Victims Of The Christchurch Attack Include Parents, Children, And RefugeesFamily members and friends of victims are pleading for information on social media, posting photos of loved ones they can no longer get a hold of.
Baca lebih lajut »
At least 10 killed in Brazil school shooting including two suspectsTwo masked men armed with a gun, knives, axes and crossbows descended on a school in southern Brazil on Wednesday, killing five students and two adults before taking their own lives, authorities said.
Baca lebih lajut »
Suspect in killing of Turkish student in Poland will be tried for murderTurkish Erasmus student Furkan Kocaman died after being stabbed in the throat at a shopping mall in Poland's Wroclaw on Saturday. Local media reported that the suspect may be a PKK terror organisation sympathiser and will be tried for murder.
Baca lebih lajut »
Malaysian court drops charges against suspect in murder of Kim Jong Un's half brotherMalaysia prosecutors drop charges against suspect in killing of Kim Jong Un’s half brother. Her lawyer has claimed she was a pawn in what was really a political assassination.
Baca lebih lajut »
Suspect in 1973 killing of Linda O’Keefe is extradited to O.C. to face murder chargesA Colorado man charged with sexually assaulting and killing an 11-year-old girl in Newport Beach in 1973 has been extradited and is due to be arraigned in an Orange County courtroom on Wednesday, authorities said.
Baca lebih lajut »
Milwaukee child found dead on highway in suspected murderA Milwaukee infant was found dead and wrapped in a blanket on the shoulder of a highway in southern Minnesota after a days-long search, police say.
Baca lebih lajut »
Terrorist attacks on New Zealand mosques kill 49; suspect charged with murderMost if not all the the victims gunned down at two Christchurch mosques during Friday prayers were apparently killed by an immigrant-hating white supremacist who broadcast live video of the slaughter on Facebook.
Baca lebih lajut »