The Times reports that the U.S. Attorney's office has subpoenaed Hahn's emails back to day one of his adminstration, as well as the email of several top aides. It's not exactly a death-knell for his re-election bid - federal subpoenas can run the performance gamut from dead-bang proof-getters to snapped-rod fishing expeditions ...
But the appearance of it isn't going to help him much in a field now cluttered with challengers, some of them actually qualified and already hitting him hard.
Says the Times of the subpoenas:
The U.S. attorney's office also demanded e-mails from Hahn's longtime assistant and eight of his current and former deputies, including Hahn's chief of staff, Tim McOsker, and a former deputy mayor, Troy Edwards, who was Hahn's liaison to the port, airport and Department of Water and Power before he resigned amid controversy this spring.
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Federal prosecutors have declined to say what they are investigating, but the U.S. attorney's office and the Los Angeles County district attorney's office began reviewing thousands of pages of contracting documents after allegations surfaced that city contracts had been awarded to political donors and denied to those who refused to make contributions to Hahn or causes he backed.
Says hizzoner (sounding rather like a post-acquittal OJ)- he'll cooperate and help the U.S. attorney get to the bottom of things ...
Posted by: mack_reed on Thursday, August 12, 2004 - 11:28 PM
