HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge dines with 11th Congressional District candidate, Cleveland mayoral candidate and others
Photo posted on Facebook under headline ‘Good Fellas’ shows a man convicted in the Cuyahoga corruption scandal also at the table. Author: Mark Naymik (WKYC) Updated: 6:32 PM EDT May 14, 2021
CLEVELAND
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She can’t say so publicly, but U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge has a strong interest in who fills the 11th Congressional seat she vacated to join President Joe Biden’s cabinet.
The Warrensville Heights Democrat has long played an active role in politics in Cuyahoga County and the district, where she’s been involved in intra-party battles for judgeships, endorsements and party leadership. She relied on her local political acumen and network to get to congress in 2008, following in the footsteps of two black icons: Louis Stoke
FBI investigation revealed vast FirstEnergy-backed political network hidden through lax state disclosure rules
Updated Jan 19, 2021;
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Legal filings and media reports over the past six months gradually have peeled back the layers of a dark-money political network funded by FirstEnergy, the Akron-based utility company.
But because state and federal law don’t require political nonprofits to disclose their donors, the only reason the public knows about anything about the utility’s ties to the expansive constellation of Ohio political causes is the federal investigation into House Bill 6, the nuclear bailout law which prosecutors say passed due to a $61 million bribery scheme, funded by FirstEnergy and its affiliates through secret or difficult to trace political donations.