Updated: Senate Republicans responded by knocking Brooks for campaign finance law violations in 2011 and 2012. (nystateofpolitics.com)
With potential campaign finance law violations under scrutiny, one person said, the Cohen investigation was assigned to career prosecutors in the office's elite public corruption unit, which has a track record of convicting politicians on both sides of the aisle. (nytimes.com)
Since then, Espada has been buffeted by charges old and new, ranging from campaign finance law violations to allegations that his actual residence is in Mamaroneck, far from his Bronx district. (timesunion.com)