Anonymous ID: a07ff8 Jan. 31, 2019, 3 p.m. No.4980642   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>0650 >>0683 >>0782 >>0819 >>0875

The indictment of one of Pennsylvaniaโ€™s most powerful behind-the-scenes political players is rattling Democrats in a state thatโ€™s expected to be a key 2020 battleground.

The bombshell charges announced Wednesday against building trades leader John "Johnny Doc" Dougherty โ€” a Philadelphia labor kingpin whose union is the single biggest independent source of campaign funding in the state โ€” threaten to sap statehouse and congressional Democrats of a mega-donor, slow the partyโ€™s momentum in the Philadelphia suburbs, and sideline the man who orchestrated the Democratic takeover of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

 

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/31/pennsylvania-democrats-indictment-union-political-boss-1138312