NY-GOV

GOP Aide, Charged With Stealing $1.1M From Bloomberg, Works For NY-GOV Candidate Paladino

Rachel Slajda | June 15, 2010, 8:43AM

NY Republican operative John Haggerty

John Haggerty, a New York Republican political operative who was indicted Monday for allegedly stealing $1.1 million from Mayor Michael Bloomberg's campaign, was hired recently by gubernatorial candidate and TPM favorite Carl Paladino.

Paladino is the Tea Party candidate whose campaign took a beating after revelations that he regularly sent racist and sexually explicit emails to friends. It took so much of a beating, in fact, that delegates at the recent NY GOP convention voted that he not be allowed to speak.

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Michael Bloomberg

Top Bloomberg Aide Indicted For Allegedly Stealing Campaign Funds

Jillian Rayfield | June 14, 2010, 12:16PM

NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg

The Manhattan District Attorney's office announced today that John F. Haggerty Jr., a top campaign operative for New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, has been indicted for allegedly stealing $1 million in campaign funds.

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