Mayor de Blasio Meets With Feds in Pay-to-Play ProbeMayor de Blasio met with federal prosecutors Friday in connection with their investigation into whether the mayor and his aides traded government favors for donations.
(Published 47 minutes ago)What to Know State and federal prosecutors cleared Mayor de Blasio in parallel investigations on ThursdayState officials were looking into campaign finance violations, while federal authorities were investigating favors for donorsA recent poll showed de Blasio heavily favored to be re-elected this year despite the two probesState and federal prosecutors cleared Mayor de Blasio in two separate, long-running probes into campaign financing and favors for donors.
The Manhattan district attorney`s office said it was ending a probe into whether the mayor and associates improperly funneled campaign donations toward upstate Senate races.
De Blasio shied away from linking Kim`s decision to last week`s firing of the prosecutor`s predecessor, Preet Bharara.
De Blasio, in an interview on WNYC`s "The Brian Lehrer Show," said he had not seen the full Manhattan D.A.
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