January 30, 2025 •
Thursday’s LobbyComply News Roundup

Campaign Finance
California: “‘Pay-to-Play’ Claim Shakes Sonoma County’s $114 Million Real Estate Plans” by Emma Murphy for Santa Rosa Press Democrat
New Jersey: “Bill Spadea Has Improperly Benefited from Radio Show, Rival Claims in Governor’s Race Row” by Nikita Biryukov (New Jersey Monitor) for Yahoo News
Ethics
Washington DC: “D.C. Council Member Trayon White Denies Wrongdoing Ahead of Expulsion Vote” by Jenny Gathright and Meagan Flynn (Washington Post) for MSN
National: “DOJ Fires Officials Who Worked on Jack Smith’s Trump Investigations” by Perry Stein (Washington Post) for MSN
National: “DOJ Moves to Drop Prosecution of Former Trump Co-Defendants in Classified Documents Case” by Josh Gerstein and Kyke Cheney (Politico) for Yahoo News
National: “Former Senator Bob Menendez Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison in Corruption Case” by Salvador Rizzo and Shayna Jacobs (Washington Post) for MSN
Illinois: “OIG Report Finds Mayor Brandon Johnson’s Office Improperly Blocked Access to Gift Room with Gucci Bags, Other Designer Items” by Alice Yin (Chicago Tribune) for MSN
Ohio: “Panel Suspends East Cleveland Mayor from Office” by Cliff Pinckard (Cleveland Plain Dealer) for MSN
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