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Cash, casino chips, hotel rooms and an affair: Inside the Jose Huizar
indictment
By EMILY ALPERT REYES, DAVID ZAHNISER
JUNE 23, 20202:48 PM
The arrest of Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar marks the biggest
domino to fall in a multiyear federal investigation of corruption and alleged
pay-to-play practices at City Hall. If convicted, Huizar could face up to 20
years in federal prison, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
Many of the allegations laid out by federal prosecutors on Tuesday have been
described in previous court filings. But there are some new and noteworthy
allegations, including:
1. Massages, hotel stays and an affair. Prosecutors have already alleged that
Councilman Huizar took cash, casino chips and other bribes from developers
with business in his district. But the newest filing says that one
businessman also provided Huizar with hotel stays that allowed the councilman
to conduct “discreet encounters with a woman with whom he was having an
affair.” The same businessman also paid for Huizar to receive “massage
services” on a number of occasions, which ran $300 per visit, prosecutors
said in their filing.
The photograph above documents cash found in L.A. City Councilman Jose
Huizar's residence, including cash inside a suit jacket pocket.
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L.A. City Councilman Jose Huizar charged in federal corruption probe
June 23, 2020
2. Opposition research from a developer. One real estate developer provided
Huizar with opposition research on two of his former staffers who were suing
him for harassment, according to prosecutors. The developer, who was seeking
to build a 35-story project in L.A.'s Arts District, later boasted in an
email that the city had required “minimal” affordable housing compared to
other local projects, the filing stated. Tuesday marks the first time an Arts
District project has been mentioned in the corruption probe.
3. Cash in a closet. Federal prosecutors have now revealed at least some of
what they found when FBI agents raided Huizar’s home in Boyle Heights nearly
two years ago: Nearly $130,000 in cash hidden in a closet, according to the
filing. Photographs in the federal affidavit show cash in the pocket of his
suit jacket, concealed in large envelopes and wrapped in a T-shirt, as well
as money tucked into red envelopes with Chinese characters.
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L.A. Councilman Jose Huizar arrested by FBI
At a press conference, U.S. Attorney Nick Hanna speaks about the man who
worked in city politics for nearly two decades. Huizar is the most prominent
figure to face charges in the federal investigation into corruption charges
at City Hall.
LOS ANGELES, CA MAR. 03, 2015 Incumbant LA City Councilmember Jose Huizar
acknowledging his wife Richelle Rs at the ele釛爙1;33;40m4.附注、心得、想法︰
6月22日，洛杉矶议员荷西惠扎，（Jose Huizar)51岁，因受贿被FBI逮捕。他可能面临高
达20年的囚禁。在他家搜出了129000美元现金。
强国网民1: 丢人，这么点钱村委书记都笑了
强国网民2: 米帝有个别人也是没出息，人家喝瓶酒就一百多万。
强国网民3: 太穷啦，冰姑呀！墙国村长也有此现金呀！