Bloomberg testifies about stolen campaign money
Tuesday, February 08, 2011 - 03:51 PM
Mayor Bloomberg delivers testimony before the Joint Session of the Assembly Ways and Means and the Senate Finance Committees about impact of proposed state budget on New York City. February 07, 2011 (edward reed / nyc.gov)
Senior Advisor Howard Wolfson offers this comment when asked about Mayor Bloomberg testifying before a grand jury about campaign operative John Haggerty illegally obtaining nearly $1 million of the mayor's money during the 2009 campaign.
"The Mayor was asked to testify regarding the DA’s allegations that money was stolen from him and he did."
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HaggertyGate it keeps on getting better by the day.
Who knows were all this will end ?
Why is the Manhattan DA spending a lot of resources and time on this ?
Is this like the Tom Delay case in Texas ?
Lots of questions very little answers so far
Before there was the "Oracle at Delphi" there was Count Vampire J. Machiavelli
VJ Machiavelli
www.VJMachiavelli.blogspot.com
The Legislative Budget is Too Damn High
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