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'Fixer' bribed (New York City) cops into closing Lincoln Tunnel lane: feds
NY Post ^ | Jamie Schram, Shawn Cohen, Kaja Whitehouse and Danika Fears

Posted on 06/21/2016 6:03:41 AM PDT by Zakeet

Cops shut down a lane in the Lincoln Tunnel so a visiting businessman could be escorted through it at the behest of a major de Blasio fundraiser, federal prosecutors charged Monday.

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Federal prosecutors allege that the civilian behind the closure, Borough Park businessman Jeremy Reichberg, and his real-estate-investor pal Jona Rechnitz, spent more than $100,000 on police bribes between 2012 and 2015.

"They got, in effect, a private police force for themselves and their friends — effectively they got cops on call," Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara said.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: New Jersey; US: New York
KEYWORDS: akadeblasio; billdeblasio; bribery; bridgegate; chrischristie; danikafears; deblasio; jamieschram; jeremyreichberg; jonarechnitz; kajawhitehouse; lincolntunnel; newyork; newyorkcity; newyorkpost; police; shawncohen; stevenislick

The Feds should leave this libtard twit alone ... he's just doing what Sandinista Marxists everywhere do!

1 posted on 06/21/2016 6:03:41 AM PDT by Zakeet
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To: Zakeet

Enjoy the suck New York! You elected this POS!


2 posted on 06/21/2016 6:05:38 AM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: Zakeet
And the Clinton Foundation............................

Wait for it. It's coming.

3 posted on 06/21/2016 6:06:24 AM PDT by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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To: Zakeet

“They got, in effect, a private police force for themselves and their friends — effectively they got cops on call,”

Why is this even NEWS?? Hell come to Los Angeles sometime, this Goes on EVERY SINGLE DAY, It is Common Practice in California.


4 posted on 06/21/2016 6:13:34 AM PDT by eyeamok (destruction of government records.)
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To: unixfox

Yeah they coulda had a Weiner or an angry lesbian instead ...


5 posted on 06/21/2016 6:32:43 AM PDT by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: Zakeet

I’m not a fan, but remember how they crucified Christie for accusations of something similar?


6 posted on 06/21/2016 6:37:31 AM PDT by milford421 ("All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." (Edmund Burke))
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To: eyeamok

Tell me more. I’m not aware that this was such common knowledge (aside from police corruption found just about anywhere.)


7 posted on 06/21/2016 7:05:29 AM PDT by SoCal Pubbie
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To: milford421

Bridgegate, meet Tunnelgate.


8 posted on 06/21/2016 7:19:34 AM PDT by adingdangdoo
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To: unixfox

Car 54 where are you?


9 posted on 06/21/2016 7:41:20 AM PDT by beelzepug (For English press #1; for Spanish, learn English and press #1)
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