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The Trump lobbyist and the sex tape : Behind Dominic Foppoli s combative response to sexual assault allegations
May 16, 2021
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Top: Windsor Mayor Dominic Foppoli, left, and lobbyist Robert Stryk have waged an aggressive campaign to save Foppoli s job. Bottom: An excerpt from a cease-and-desist letter sent by a lawyer for Windsor Town Council Member Esther Lemus to a criminal defense attorney representing Foppoli.Chronicle composite
With his political career on the brink of ruin amid multiple allegations of sexual assault, Windsor Mayor Dominic Foppoli turned to an old friend who had parlayed early loyalty and slight ties to Donald Trump into a multimillion-dollar lobbying business in Washington.
Windsor requests a grand jury investigation of Mayor Dominic Foppoli for willful or corrupt misconduct
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Rachel Wilcock and Vanessa Petersen protest in Windsor last month to demand the recall of Mayor Dominic Foppoli after several women accused him of sexual assault.Santiago Mejia/The Chronicle
Faced with a defiant mayor who has refused to heed mounting calls for his resignation, Windsor officials requested Thursday that the Sonoma County District Attorney’s Office authorize a grand jury investigation into Dominic Foppoli’s “willful or corrupt misconduct in office.”
The obscure and quasi-criminal process is yet another route to potentially unseat Foppoli, who was a rising Wine Country politician and winery owner until several women accused him of sexual assault in Chronicle investigations last month.