Sentences with phrase «making illegal donations»

Disgraced City Hall donor Harendra Singh testified under oath Monday that he's telling the truth about bribing Mayor de Blasio and making illegal donations on his behalf — but the mayor says he's full of it.

Other bundlers include Paul Adler, a former suburban Democratic chairman who served 19 months in prison on corruption charges, and hotel magnate Sant Singh Chatwal, who avoided prison despite making illegal donations to Hillary Clinton.

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This is what we know: the Electoral Commission is still assessing claims that potentially illegal donations were made; the information commissioner is investigating «possible illegal» use of data; the heads of MI6 and GCHQ have both voiced unprecedented warnings about foreign interference in our democratic systems; the government has refused to elaborate on what these are; one of the leave campaigns has admitted the undeclared support and help of the American hedge fund billionaire who backed Trump; the Crown Prosecution Service is being asked to mount a criminal investigation; and questions have been raised about possible unlawful collaboration between different elements of the leave campaign.

Singh also testified that de Blasio encouraged him to make illegal «straw donations» to de Blasio and his political pals.

Federal authories are accusing longtime political operative G. Steven Pigeon of conspiring to help make an illegal campaign donation by a Canadian interest.

D'Souza, 52, of San Diego, was charged with one count of making illegal campaign donations in the name of others and a second count of making false statements about those donations, authorities said.

His lawyer, Benjamin Brafman, released a statement Tuesday morning saying that D'Souza has «agreed to accept responsibility» for the illegal donation made in the names of two close associates.

It would also make donations by county workers to officeholders under their direct control, including Parete's, illegal.

It appears that Mayor Richard W. Thomas and his administration may be turning a blind eye to all illegal carting activities by Spiezio's carting companies because of various campaign donations made by said companies owned by his trusted adviser.