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According to the NY Daily News...."Mayor de Blasio has lawyered up — at the same time that a new report says the feds are looking into whether he used “straw donors” during his 2013 run.And, in more trouble for the mayor — he’ll have to hire someone else to help spin the bad news.His press secretary Karen Hinton is leaving the administration after less than a year on the job, City Hall announced late Thursday.Her sudden resignation — after rampant rumors of inner turmoil in his press shop — was announced hours after Hizzoner issued a news release saying he’d hired white collar lawyer Barry Berke to represent him in the ongoing federal and state probe into his fund-raising.Berke had been representing de Blasio’s 2013 campaign and will now handle that along with the mayor personally.No city dollars will be used to defend de Blasio. That’s good news since Berke — who repped disgraced former NYPD Commissioner Bernie Kerik in his unsuccessful battle against corruption charges — charges $850 an hour.De Blasio’s campaign will pick up the tab, a move allowed under the state election law.De Blasio made Berke his designee to the Lincoln Center board of directors, and in July 2014 tried to nominate another Kramer Levin staffer, Marcie Kesner, to the Landmarks Preservation Commission. That appointment collapsed over conflict questions."
When Feds investigate, it may take them a few years as they are very thorough in their investigation.
Remember, they took down the highest legislator (Silver) who got a 12 year sentence.Feds can take any one down. All humans are susceptible to lying, stealing and cheating and when that happens, the Feds come knocking. I don't know where this investigation will lead to but if anyone ends up in the slammer, this will help them have some insights in what to expect on the other side of the fence....https://www.amazon.com/PRISON-expect-Federal-Bureau-Prisons-ebook/dp/B011GTWLOG
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