Braddock to prison?
It seems Connecticut residents will witness more drama in the corruption case that sank former state House Speaker Christopher Donovan’s 2012 congressional campaign. As you will recall, in the summer...
View ArticleThe slammer it is
As you will recall, Robert Braddock Jr. was finance director for then-Connecticut House Speaker Christopher Donovan’s 2012 congressional campaign. Last summer, Mr. Braddock and seven other men were...
View ArticleAnother one gets the slammer
Last summer, George Tirado Jr., then a detective with the Waterbury Police Department, was indicted, along with seven other men, in connection with the campaign-finance scandal that doomed...
View ArticlePolitical crime doesn’t pay
Last summer, a federal grand jury indicted eight men in connection with a scheme to bribe then-Connecticut House Speaker Christopher Donovan, D-Meriden, into killing legislation. The legislature was...
View ArticleNassi’s going away
Former Connecticut House Speaker Christopher Donovan, D-Meriden, arguably had no more loyal ally than Joshua Nassi. Mr. Nassi had long been a legislative aide to Mr. Donovan and when the then-speaker...
View ArticleSoucy spared
A key player in the corruption scandal that brought down former Connecticut House Speaker Christopher Donovan’s 2012 congressional campaign was Ray Soucy. In the fall of 2011, Mr. Soucy, then a prison...
View ArticleA tough judge
As most of Connecticut knows, former Gov. John G. Rowland now is on trial at the federal courthouse in New Haven. Back in 2012, a grand jury began looking into allegations that Mr. Rowland illegally...
View ArticleRowland’s big gamble
Arguably, Connecticut’s biggest news story for September has been former Gov. John G. Rowland‘s federal corruption trial. Back in April, a grand jury indicted Mr. Rowland – who resigned the...
View ArticleUnbelievable
Former Bridgeport Mayor Joseph P. Ganim The biggest Connecticut political news story this week undoubtedly is former Bridgeport Mayor Joseph P. Ganim‘s Sept. 16 victory in the Park City’s Democratic...
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