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NWCorona

(8,541 posts)
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 08:43 PM Jan 2017

De Blasio Confirms Interview With Manhattan Prosecutors

Source: NYT

Prosecutors from the Manhattan district attorney’s office have interviewed Mayor Bill de Blasio in connection with an investigation into his fund-raising practices, the mayor said on Wednesday, his first acknowledgment of direct contact between himself and investigators in a set of overlapping inquiries.

“The Manhattan D.A.’s office asked for an interview and we did an interview,” Mr. de Blasio said in response to a question from a reporter at an unrelated news conference on traffic safety. Asked to clarify who was present for the interview, he said, pressing his hand to his chest, “Me, and my lawyers.”

He did not provide the precise date of the interview, saying it had occurred “a few weeks back,” or any details of what was discussed, referring questions to his lawyers.

Two people with knowledge of the matter said the interview took place on Dec. 23, lasted 90 minutes and focused on the mayor’s fund-raising in connection with his unsuccessful effort to help Democrats take control of the State Senate in 2014. One of the people said that prosecutors presented the mayor with a variety of documents related to the fund-raising during the questioning.

Read more: https://www.google.com/amp/mobile.nytimes.com/2017/01/25/nyregion/de-blasio-fund-raising-investigation.amp.html?client=ms-android-sonymobile



There might be something to this mayor run talk
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De Blasio Confirms Interview With Manhattan Prosecutors (Original Post) NWCorona Jan 2017 OP
Hmm. Sounds like Trump's Injustice Department had a word with the DA's office. tenorly Jan 2017 #1
No. This grand jury has been going for months. hrmjustin Jan 2017 #4
Rumors of how dirty he is started a long, long time ago HoneyBadger Jan 2017 #6
I see. tenorly Jan 2017 #8
There is also a failed hedge fund called Platinum Partners AngryAmish Jan 2017 #34
The N.Y. Post? dawn frenzy adams Jan 2017 #24
So you think perhaps the cop is still alive? HoneyBadger Jan 2017 #25
Not a well liked guy HoneyBadger Jan 2017 #2
What's their biggest beef with him? tenorly Jan 2017 #5
He followed the most competent mayor in NYC history HoneyBadger Jan 2017 #10
Thank you for that. tenorly Jan 2017 #12
Can't agree about Bloomberg. He favored the rich, made housing worse and worse for middle mpcamb Jan 2017 #18
Oh, please. Bloomberg was for the rich, and he wanted to stay forever adigal Jan 2017 #23
This would be the same Bloomberg that stumped for Hillary at the convention HoneyBadger Jan 2017 #26
You'd be very wrong about that leftynyc Jan 2017 #32
Interesting post to make on Democratic Underground, nt geek tragedy Jan 2017 #11
I agree orangecrush Jan 2017 #13
I have many liberal friends in NYC who don't like deBlasio much. KittyWampus Jan 2017 #19
That streetcar will never happen. Too much opposition and it is a waste of money. hrmjustin Jan 2017 #21
I get the disgruntlement with BdB. geek tragedy Jan 2017 #28
Bloomberg Wabbajack_ Jan 2017 #20
I am not a fan of de Blasio but Bloomberg was no great mayor. hrmjustin Jan 2017 #22
2 Grand jury investigations. hrmjustin Jan 2017 #3
What's the mood back in NY on this? NWCorona Jan 2017 #7
Most don't like him but the cast of characters in both parties gearing up to challenge Bill hrmjustin Jan 2017 #9
Thanks for that. It's too bad that there isn't any strong candidates out there NWCorona Jan 2017 #27
That's all true Dorian Gray Jan 2017 #31
The US Attorney for NYC is a Democrat and was appointed by President Obama Lurks Often Jan 2017 #14
I am worried that the US Attorney has something on him. hrmjustin Jan 2017 #15
Ok and I think you are right Lurks Often Jan 2017 #16
NY has famously been run by 3 men in a room for decades HoneyBadger Jan 2017 #17
I heard a rumor on Mark Thompson's show on Sirius XM that one of Trumps sons bigdarryl Jan 2017 #29
No trump is EVER going to be mayor of NY leftynyc Jan 2017 #33
That's what we said about Trump that he would never be President bigdarryl Jan 2017 #35
On the contrary leftynyc Jan 2017 #36
You see when a Democratic Politician is under questions we have to have a full investigation. UCmeNdc Jan 2017 #30
Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2017 #37

tenorly

(2,037 posts)
1. Hmm. Sounds like Trump's Injustice Department had a word with the DA's office.
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 08:49 PM
Jan 2017

It probably sounded like a Joe Pesci scene.

tenorly

(2,037 posts)
8. I see.
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 09:01 PM
Jan 2017

It's a little reminiscent of Al Pacino's City Hall. Gotta love New York politics (and a lot of other places besides).

 

AngryAmish

(25,704 posts)
34. There is also a failed hedge fund called Platinum Partners
Thu Jan 26, 2017, 08:48 AM
Jan 2017

Again, run by major players in the Orthodox community. It was a Ponzi scheme. The guy who ran it is under indictment for bribing the president of the jail guards union to invest their pension funds (which was lost in the scheme). Other Platinum officials were indicted recently for looting a company.

The Platinum guys are not the kind of guys who go to jail for long. So they probably are looking to give up a big fish they really don't care about or be considered a moser. So, de Blasio.

 

HoneyBadger

(2,297 posts)
2. Not a well liked guy
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 08:50 PM
Jan 2017

I do not know of a single person that thinks he could hold a candle to Bloomberg.

 

HoneyBadger

(2,297 posts)
10. He followed the most competent mayor in NYC history
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 09:01 PM
Jan 2017

Someone that took strong positions and put his heart into them. Someone that added a 3rd term and and made it work. De Blasio seems barely competent. He takes weird positions on things like carriage horses and moving from Brooklyn and does not not seems able to make a decision. And corruption rumors have followed him for years.

tenorly

(2,037 posts)
12. Thank you for that.
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 09:04 PM
Jan 2017

It's always good to have a knowledgeable local perspective like yours.

Being the Mayor of New York - the second-hardest job in the country, as Ed Koch referred to it - is not for just anybody (but what a city!).

mpcamb

(2,855 posts)
18. Can't agree about Bloomberg. He favored the rich, made housing worse and worse for middle
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 11:18 PM
Jan 2017

and lower classes. Die Biasio made initial efforts at correction but got blocked by previous administration leftovers. He's a liberal with an old line Democratic bent, something too scarce in NYS and US politics.

 

adigal

(7,581 posts)
23. Oh, please. Bloomberg was for the rich, and he wanted to stay forever
Thu Jan 26, 2017, 12:08 AM
Jan 2017

I bet Bloomberg wouldn't have NYC be a sanctuary city.

 

leftynyc

(26,060 posts)
32. You'd be very wrong about that
Thu Jan 26, 2017, 08:36 AM
Jan 2017

Not only Bloomberg, but Rudy also favored NY being a sanctuary city.

“The NYPD leaves immigration enforcement to the federal government, and there are really strong public health and safety reasons for doing so,” said Donna Lieberman, head of the New York Civil Liberties Union.

Asking cops to turn in or hold people who may be here illegally makes immigrants less likely to report crimes or fires, she said.

As mayor, Rudy Giuliani was a staunch defender of the policy, she noted, as was Mayor Mike Bloomberg.

New York has one of the most immigrant-protective policies of the dozens of sanctuary cities in the country — although not as extreme as in San Francisco, where last year local cops refused to turn over an undocumented migrant the feds had asked for.

http://nypost.com/2016/11/19/new-york-to-remain-a-sanctuary-city-for-immigrants-de-blasio/

 

KittyWampus

(55,894 posts)
19. I have many liberal friends in NYC who don't like deBlasio much.
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 11:37 PM
Jan 2017

want to characterize my statement?

Here's an example of what NY'ers don't appreciate, a 2+ billion dollar street car plan that would never work. Please be sure to read the comments:

Mayor de Blasio to Propose Streetcar Line Linking Brooklyn and Queens

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/04/nyregion/mayor-de-blasio-to-propose-streetcar-line-linking-brooklyn-and-queens.html?_r=0

Wabbajack_

(1,300 posts)
20. Bloomberg
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 11:46 PM
Jan 2017

may not be the worst guy but he's pretty right wing on a lot of stuff, sure as shit not my cup of tea. DeBlasio won in a huge landside, a vote for change after 20 years of Republican mayors.

 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
22. I am not a fan of de Blasio but Bloomberg was no great mayor.
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 11:58 PM
Jan 2017

He only cares about Manhattan and left of the rest of the city to fend for itself.

 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
9. Most don't like him but the cast of characters in both parties gearing up to challenge Bill
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 09:01 PM
Jan 2017

are not anything to write home about.

This is why they are floating Hillary.

The punditry feeling is that the one who can take de Blasio down is himself. He is arrogant and lazy. He takes his base for granted and doesn't do the mundane and necessary neighborhood by neighborhood work a good mayor does.

He doesn't sell his victories well and he lets the tabloids bully him.

NWCorona

(8,541 posts)
27. Thanks for that. It's too bad that there isn't any strong candidates out there
Thu Jan 26, 2017, 01:22 AM
Jan 2017

We really have to develop fresh talent.

I wasn't sure about that whole floating of Hillary but I don't think it's a bad idea now. Granted I'm not living in NY anymore so I don't have much say about it but still...

 

Lurks Often

(5,455 posts)
14. The US Attorney for NYC is a Democrat and was appointed by President Obama
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 09:15 PM
Jan 2017

Preet Baharara https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preet_Bharara

I've seen nothing that even suggests Bharara is anything but honest and hates corruption. He has successfully prosecuted both Republican and Democratic NY State politicians

Oddly enough he was asked to stay on by both Trump and Sessions

DOJ Bio: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/meet-us-attorney

Interesting NY Times article: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/30/nyregion/preet-bharara-says-he-will-stay-on-as-us-attorney-under-trump.html?_r=0

 

Lurks Often

(5,455 posts)
16. Ok and I think you are right
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 09:21 PM
Jan 2017

Bharara probably does have an ongoing investigation involving DeBlasio

 

bigdarryl

(13,190 posts)
29. I heard a rumor on Mark Thompson's show on Sirius XM that one of Trumps sons
Thu Jan 26, 2017, 07:02 AM
Jan 2017

Might run for Mayor of NYC against De Blasio

 

leftynyc

(26,060 posts)
33. No trump is EVER going to be mayor of NY
Thu Jan 26, 2017, 08:38 AM
Jan 2017

His pathetic daddy couldn't even win the primary here (went to Kasich). But DiBlasio has to go - he's been thoroughly ineffective.

 

bigdarryl

(13,190 posts)
35. That's what we said about Trump that he would never be President
Sun Jan 29, 2017, 05:27 AM
Jan 2017

Never underestimate the stupidity of the voters in this country

 

leftynyc

(26,060 posts)
36. On the contrary
Sun Jan 29, 2017, 06:20 AM
Jan 2017

By thanksgiving 2015, I said he'd he the nominee. We are a celebrity obsessed society and didn't think any of the other dwarfs would knock him off. But celebrities in Manhattan aren't unusual and that degenerate's name here has been mud for decades. Always remember that those who knew him best rejected him from the beginning. That isn't going to change now that he's just screwing up traffic for us for the next 4 years to keep his wife safe. NY will never elect any trump mayor.

UCmeNdc

(9,589 posts)
30. You see when a Democratic Politician is under questions we have to have a full investigation.
Thu Jan 26, 2017, 07:05 AM
Jan 2017

Hillary Clinton, Mayor Bill de Blasio, etc. We must investigate. Donald Trump, Roger Stone, etc. nothing to see here. Why investigate?

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