Former City Councilman Dan Halloran offered to dole out tens of thousands of dollars in no-show city consulting work to an undercover agent in exchange for funds to boost a congressional run — and then demanded to be paid even after losing the race, the federal agent told jurors Monday.
Jurors at the White Plains federal corruption trial of Halloran, state Sen. Malcolm Smith and Queens GOP operative Vincent Tabone also heard audiotape of Halloran telling the agent that he’ll take his money in cash.
“Look, at this point, we don’t need all of it in checks. We can take green now,” he says in a Nov. 15, 2012, meeting at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in White Plains also attended by crooked developer-turned-FBI-informant Moses Stern.
“Cause now I can . . . I can pay vendors off,” he says. “Before, I had to show money coming in to help my campaign. Now, I don’t have to.”
Later that same day, Halloran (R-Queens) sent the agent — whose real name wasn’t provided to jurors — an e-mail containing a commitment letter pre-dated four days and promising $40,000 to $80,000 for consulting work on a Queens YMCA.
“I was being very clear that I was going to take his money,” the agent testified. “I expected we would do zero work related to that.”
The agent also said he previously gave Stern $6,500 in cash to create checks in others people’s names for Halloran’s campaign.
Halloran is also accused of pocketing $20,500 in cash bribes for masterminding cross-party negotiations for a failed bid to get Smith — one of the state’s top Democrats — the Republican line in last year’s mayoral race.
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11 comments:
Oh Danny! We hardly knew thee.
Blame his illegal activities on the brain tumor!
man, Tabone and Halloran are going down hard, along with Senator Smith. Their lawyers can't make good arguments in court because they are pigeonholed by these tapes!
All these member items went to unelected civics and unelected community boards. These coercive organizations are racketeers and should be prosecuted under RICO.
I cannot believe his external harddrives haven't been brought up! He screwed so many of the female clients he represented.
I cannot believe his external....
What woman with any fraction of a brain would ever admit to consorting with chubsy ubsy pagan man with brain tumor.
SCHMUCK...SCHMUCK AND A TRAITOR TO THE PATRIOTS.
Not a schmuck, Gramps. Just another corrupt politician. He knew what he was getting into. Calling him a schmuck is making an excuse for him that you wouldn't make if he was a Democrat.
And turn off the Caps Lock, will you?
The Queens GOP's Great White Hope -down in flames.
TFB
SCHMUCK SCHUMER....A DEM. WHO WOULD USE STALINIST TACTICS (IRS) TO INJURE PATRIOTS WHO ARE FED UP WITH THE TAX AND SPEND POLICIES OF THE DEM.(MARXIST INFILTRATED) PARTY.
Anon No. 10:
And that relates to the Halloran court case in what way, Gramps?
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