New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has retained a prominent criminal defense lawyer to help him cooperate with state and federal corruption probes into City Hall and his fundraising. (nystateofpolitics.com)
Late yesterday, former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell and his wife were charged in federal corruption probe, the WaPo reported: Former Virginia governor Robert F. McDonnell and his wife, Maureen, were charged Tuesday with illegally accepting gifts,... Read (towleroad.com)
Looming over everything is the ongoing federal corruption probe by US Attorney Preet Bharara. (nynow.wmht.org)