Don't look up, Latitia…from your little distraction kayfabe for Hochul…
https://www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/sue-serino/serino-renews-call-investigation-state-covid-19-test-scandal
NY Gov. Hochul Caught in Huge Lie After Claiming She Was ‘Not Aware’ Company That Landed $637 Million No-Bid Contract Was Campaign Donor
New York’s Democrat Governor Kathy Hochul paid a New Jersey-based company $637 million for COVID tests during the Omicron wave.
The company, Digital Gadgets, received up to $13 per unit – some companies charge as low as $5.
The company is tied to almost $300,000 in donations to Hochul’s campaign.
In July, Hochul claimed she was “not aware” that the company awarded the no-bid contract was a campaign donor.
It turns out that was a lie.
According to a new report by the Times Union, a month before the Hochul administration awarded the $637 million contract for Covid tests, the company’s founder threw the Democrat governor a campaign fundraiser.
“Gov. Hochul has said she was ‘not aware’ a company that landed $637M in no-bid payments was a campaign donor. But a month before the huge deal was struck, records show, the head of the company threw a campaign fundraiser for Hochul,” The Times Union reported.
The Times Union reported:
Gov. Kathy Hochul maintains that when her administration paid a vendor $637 million last winter for COVID-19 tests, she was unaware the recipient was a campaign donor.
“I was not aware that this was a company that had been supportive of me,” Hochul told reporters at a July 20 press briefing. “I don’t keep track of that. My team, they have no idea.”
Yet a month before the Hochul administration struck the deals, records show, the company’s founder threw an in-person campaign fundraiser for Hochul……(moar)
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/09/ny-gov-hochul-caught-huge-lie-claiming-not-aware-company-landed-637-million-no-bid-contract-campaign-donor/