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Crooked NYPD cop testifies he received tickets to superhero movie premieres, helped Marvel chairman
Crooked NYPD cop testifies he received tickets to superhero movie premieres, helped Marvel chairman Ike Perlmutter get gun permit
https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-metro-villanueva-gun-license-corruption-20181114-story.html
Marvel Entertainment chairman Ike Perlmutter has his own superpower: A hard-to-get New York City gun permit renewed by a crooked cop who testified Wednesday that he scored tickets to red-carpet superhero movie premieres.
Ex-NYPD Sgt. David Villanueva, who has pleaded guilty to accepting bribes while working in the department’s scandal-scarred License Division, said under oath that he’d received tickets to the movie premieres from Perlmutter’s assistant, Marisol Garcia.
He described Garcia as a friend and didn’t say he spoke directly with Perlmutter. The reclusive Marvel executive is a prominent supporter of President Trump who has been described as a “shadow ruler” of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
“So you went to six premieres for Marvel Comics, right?” defense attorney John Meringolo asked.
Ex-NYPD Sgt. David Villanueva, who has pleaded guilty to accepting bribes while working in the department’s scandal-scarred License Division, said under oath that he’d received tickets to the movie premieres from Perlmutter’s assistant, Marisol Garcia.
He described Garcia as a friend and didn’t say he spoke directly with Perlmutter. The reclusive Marvel executive is a prominent supporter of President Trump who has been described as a “shadow ruler” of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
“So you went to six premieres for Marvel Comics, right?” defense attorney John Meringolo asked.
How deep is that freaking swamp?!
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A true scourge on the earth. Meanwhile, back in DC...........
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