Emails reveal another FBI suspect may have given Mayor Breed a gift

Mere days after Mayor London Breed revealed she took a potentially illegal $5,600 gift from disgraced former Public Works Director Mohammed Nuru, this column can report another person connected to Nuru’s FBI corruption investigation was directed to give a potentially illegal gift to the mayor.

Nick Bovis, the owner of Lefty O’Doul’s restaurant who was arrested alongside Nuru for attempting to bribe an airport commissioner, was solely named on an invoice to pay for Breed’s San Francisco Pride Parade float in 2015, when she was on the Board of Supervisors.

That payment, if completed, was not reported and may constitute an illegal gift.

Bovis’ name is on Breed’s invoice at East West (“The Parade Guys!”) which was obtained by this columnist from a source who wished their identity to be withheld, for fear of reprisal.

East West could not confirm if Bovis ultimately paid for Breed’s float in 2015, claiming such research would be too laborious. They did confirm, however, that, “We do floats for her all the time.”

Bovis was directed in a 2015 email to pay $1,250 for Breed’s Pride Parade float, which in other years she paid for with various campaign bank accounts.

When I asked Breed directly who paid for her Pride float in 2015, she told me, “I mean, I paid for my Pride floats. And I’d have to go back to provide the specifics.”

Taking a cue from the mayor, I went back to find the specifics myself, and what they suggest is that Breed, in fact, did not pay for her own float in 2015, specifically — or at least there’s no clear record of it.

Filings with the Ethics Commission show that in 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 Breed paid for her pride floats using campaign funding from her supervisor campaign accounts and her Democratic Party board accounts.

Breed paid for her own pride float ever year except 2015, when Bovis was sent the invoice for Breed’s float.

https://www.sfexaminer.com/news-columnists/move-over-nuru-emails-reveal-another-fbi-suspect-may-have-given-mayor-breed-a-gift/

FBI picks up city of Wapato criminal investigation

Federal Bureau of Investigation has picked up the criminal investigation into actions by the city of Wapato’s previous administration.

In May, the state auditor published eight egregious findings of gross misappropriation of government resources and unlawful activity. They included nepotism policy violations, ethics violations by former city administrator Juan Orozco, repeated violations of the state’s Open Public Meetings Act, misappropriation of government funds and a lack of internal controls over cash receipting and finances that led to a significant decline in the city’s financial stability.

In June, the Yakima County Sheriff’s Office and the Prosecuting Attorney launched a joint criminal investigation into the city’s affairs.

On Tuesday, Sheriff’s Office spokesman Casey Schilperoort said the county is no longer involved with that investigation, having turned it over to the FBI in January.

“The investigation needs to be done thoroughly,” Schilperoort said. “The FBI has more people, expertise and money they can use to investigate all of the allegations.”

Schilperoort said his office turned over allegations to the federal agency regarding “voter fraud, anything to do with money, and records destruction.” The FBI would make the determination if any federal laws were broken.

“It is possible they will wrap them all together for a public corruption case,” he said. “We expect the FBI will give this investigation the attention to detail it deserves and the people of the city of Wapato expect.”

Steve Bernd, spokesman for FBI-Seattle, wouldn’t comment on the investigation but offered the following statement.

“The FBI has been in contact with the Sheriff’s Office but we can neither confirm nor deny the existence of an investigation,” he said. “We will continue to work closely with our partners to best serve our communities.”

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https://www.yakimaherald.com/special_projects/wapato/fbi-picks-up-city-of-wapato-criminal-investigation/article_8040873b-84fa-5fac-b6aa-eb1bddf8126c.html

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Rod Blagojevich’s attorneys filed a motion today to subpoena President Obama to testify at the former governor’s trial…

Judging from what can be seen of the motion, which is full of blacked-out sentences and words (to comply with rules about sealed information), Mr. Blagojevich’s lawyers are hoping the president himself will point up contradictions in the prosecution case and testify about whether he had sent “emissaries” to Mr. Blagojevich with regard to who the White House would prefer fill the Senate seat.

https://capitolfax.com/2010/04/22/blagojevich-hurls-allegations-at-obama-in-bid-to-force-testimony/

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MOTION FOR THE COURT TO ISSUE A TRIAL SUBPOENA TO PRESIDENT BARAK OBAMA

http://static.cbslocal.com/station/wbbm/obama.pdf

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Redactions Revealed: The Six Secrets You Need to Know From the Obama Subpoena Request

Former governor Rod Blagojevich's defense team asked Thursday to issue a trial subpoena to the President of the United States of America.

The motion, intended to be heavily redacted, was improperly edited – the full document was easily viewable if the text is copied and pasted to another document (an error first revealed on Capitol Fax).

Below, the six revelations the redacted portions were meant to conceal.

1. Obama may have lied about conversations with convicted fraudster Tony Rezko

2. Obama may have overtly recommended Valerie Jarret for his Senate seat

3. A supporter of President Obama may have offered quid pro quo on a Jarrett senate appointment

4. Obama maintained a list of good Senate candidates

5. Rahm Emanuel allegedly floated Cheryl Jackson's name for the Senate seat

6. Obama had a secret phone call with Blagojevich

https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/the-six-secrets-you-need-to-know-from-the-blagojevich-filing/1895152/

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Yeah, this is from Blago went down. Didn't mean to mislead. But would seem to be relevant as to pardon motive.

>Sentenced by Obama's FBI. The most corrupt in the history of the nation.

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That's a major doubt from me.

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'"death penalty" for this prosecution' means throwing the case out.

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