Anonymous ID: 3288c2 July 23, 2019, 8:59 a.m. No.7146241   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>6344 >>6414 >>6455 >>6526 >>6666

>>7146095

 

FBI serves search warrants at LA City Hall, DWP over utility’s billing system fiasco - This is the second federal investigation involving Los Angeles City Hall in less than a year.

 

Federal agents searched Councilman Jose Huizar’s offices and his home in November. Court documents obtained by the Los Angeles Times suggested that probe was focused on potential bribes, kickbacks or money laundering. No criminal charges have been filed and Huizar has denied wrongdoing.

 

https://www.dailynews.com/2019/07/22/fbi-serves-search-warrants-at-ladwp-la-city-hall-according-to-reports/

 

Those developers also have been told to provide information on any contributions they have made to Huizar’s reelection bid, his officeholder committee, any legal defense fund or his alma mater, Bishop Mora Salesian High School, the sources said. The subpoenas seek information on any donations made to two political committees with ties to Huizar — Community Support PAC and Families for a Better Los Angeles.

 

Developers in Huizar’s district also have been instructed to provide information on any gifts, meals, trips, vacations, flights, event tickets or rounds of golf they have provided to Huizar, his staff or any other council member, the sources said.

 

Among the information sought in the warrant were records related to trips to Las Vegas and stays at four hotels, including the Palazzo and Caesars Palace. The document does not explain why investigators want them.

 

Among those named were two executives linked to Shenzhen New World Group, a Chinese company that has unveiled plans to redevelop the L.A. Grand Hotel downtown with a 77-story tower and build a 31-story hotel near Universal Studios.

 

The Times was unable to reach Wei Huang, president of Shenzhen New World Group, and Ricky Zheng, who was identified in state campaign contribution records as a Shenzhen New World LLC executive. Besides evidence of any possible crimes involving the two men, the federal warrant sought records relating to Shenzhen New World Group and two of its hotels.

 

The warrant, first reported by George Washington University counterterrorism expert Seamus Hughes, also named Fuer Yuan, founder of another company called Shenzhen Hazens. In 2017, the City Council approved a Shenzhen Hazens project on Figueroa Street, allowing the developer to demolish the nine-story Luxe City Center Hotel and replace it with two skyscrapers, one for a hotel, the other for condominiums.

 

https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-fbi-investigation-chinese-development-20190114-story.html

Anonymous ID: 3288c2 July 23, 2019, 9:20 a.m. No.7146455   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>6496

>>7146241

L.A Current Board of Water and Power Commissioners:

 

Mel Levine, President:

Term: until June 30, 2019.

 

Mel Levine was a partner at the international law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher from 1993 until 2012. He continues to be of counsel to the firm.

 

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher:

The firm represented Apple, Inc. in its patent infringement suit against Samsung (Apple v. Samsung) relating to the Galaxy Nexus smartphone, and won an injunction in June 2012 blocking the sale of the Galaxy Nexus phone in the United States.

The injunction was vacated in October 2012 based on the results of the trial.

 

The firm is representing Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, in a $17 billion contract dispute with purported seed money financier Paul Ceglia.

 

The firm is defending Intel against several multibillion-dollar antitrust lawsuits filed by AMD and the European Union.

 

The firm is representing CNN in its lawsuit against President Trump and many of his staff on the basis of Jim Acosta's right to a "hard pass", a clearance to enter the White House.

 

The firm is representing Chevron in its long-running, $27 billion environmental dispute in Ecuador.

Anonymous ID: 3288c2 July 23, 2019, 9:25 a.m. No.7146496   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>6576

>>7146455

LA Water Power links to Clinton:

LA WP president still has a relationship with a law firm or an organization but is neither an associate nor partner to law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher who's Political contributions,

According to the Center for Responsive Politics, was one of the top law firms contributing to federal candidates during the 2012 election cycle, donating $1.45 million, 55% to Democrats.Since 1990, Gibson Dunn contributed $6.15 million to federal campaigns.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibson,Dunn%26_Crutcher

Anonymous ID: 3288c2 July 23, 2019, 9:32 a.m. No.7146576   🗄️.is đź”—kun

>>7146496

LA WP president Levine is a partner in law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and a member of the Board of Directors of the Pacific Council on International Policy

 

The Council has hosted a number of influential speakers, including former Secretaries of State Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, and Condoleezza Rice, former President George W. Bush

 

Members often travel abroad on Pacific Council delegations, during which members meet with government officials and business leaders. Previous destinations include Mexico, North Korea, Cuba, Iraq, Afghanistan, South Sudan, Guatemala, China, and France, among many others.

 

he Council's most recent task force is a part of the Guantánamo Bay Observer Program.[9] Since 2013, the Pacific Council has held official NGO observer status at GTMO, allowing Pacific Council member experts to observe proceedings at GTMO and report back to the Council. Recommendations made by the Council's GTMO Task Force were included in the FY2018 Defense Bill by Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA).[10]