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USA v. Huizar

  1. June 23, 2022

    Feds Let Flipped Witness Keep Dirty Cash Tax-Free, Jury Told

    An appraiser testifying against a real estate developer on trial for paying bribes to Los Angeles City Council member Jos茅聽Huizar conceded under cross-examination Thursday that after he agreed to assist the FBI and cooperate with prosecutors, the government allowed him to keep $340,000 he obtained聽facilitating聽bribes, tax-free.

  2. June 22, 2022

    LA Fundraiser Says He Was Urged To Blame Huizar For Bribes

    A real estate appraiser who聽allegedly聽served as a middleman聽facilitating聽cash bribes from a real estate developer to former Los Angeles City Council member Jos茅聽Huizar told jurors Wednesday that聽the聽developer urged him聽to place all the blame on Huizar if questioned by law enforcement.聽

  3. June 17, 2022

    Ex-LA Official Took Bribes To Save Projects, Ex-Aide Testifies

    A one-time aide to former Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar testified in a real estate developer's bribery trial Friday, explaining to jurors how his former boss intentionally created regulatory leverage against developers, then extracted bribes to swoop in as a "savior" and help move projects forward in his district.

  4. June 15, 2022

    LA Developer Told Informant Ex-Pol 'Played' Them, Jury Hears

    Jurors considering the criminal case against a real estate developer accused of bribing former L.A. City Councilman Jose Huizar heard a reenactment of a secretly recorded conversation in which the developer told a middleman cooperating with the FBI that they were "both played" by Huizar.

  5. March 07, 2022

    Bribery Cases Of Ex-LA Pol, Chinese Billionaire's Co. Split Up

    A California federal judge Monday severed the cases of a billionaire Chinese real estate developer's company and two other defendants from a larger racketeering and bribery case centered around former Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar, saying the government failed to allege a "single scheme" that warrants trying them together.

  6. January 07, 2022

    Former LA Councilman Can't Cut Down RICO Case

    Former Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar and others caught up in a federal corruption probe were unable to convince a California federal judge on Friday to trim racketeering and other claims against them, as the court rejected all arguments that the charges are deficient or violate constitutional protections.聽聽

  7. November 30, 2020

    Ex-LA Deputy Mayor, Others Snared In Growing Bribery Case

    Three more individuals, including a former Los Angeles deputy mayor, and two companies have been charged in federal prosecutors' sprawling investigation into an alleged real estate bribery scheme at City Hall, according to a superseding indictment unsealed Monday.