Mayor Johnson criticized after lobbyist donation
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is taking heat for accepting a prohibited contribution from a city lobbyist. Johnson’s political committee has faced scrutiny for accepting (and later returning) similar contributions in the past.
“It’s understandable if a mistake or two gets through. That can happen to anybody, and that’s why you have grace periods in the law. But when it’s a repeated pattern, it starts to suggest that something else is going on,” said RFI Executive Director Alisa Kaplan. “It’s negligent, whether it’s willful or not.”
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