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Ex-DNC Chair Faces Prison Time For Arranging Illegal Donation From Gambling Website To Cuomo Ex-DNC Chair Faces Prison Time For Arranging Illegal Donation From Gambling Website To Cuomo
Ex-dnc Chair Faces Prison Time For Arranging Illegal Donation From Gambling Website To Cuomo A former local Democratic Party chairman has admitted to steering a $25,000 campaign contribution from a foreign national toward New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s re-election campaign in 2014. Steve Pigeon, the former Erie County DNC chairman, admitted in federal court to attempting to funnel the contribution to the campaign, which was made on behalf of the founder of an online gambling business that is based out of Canada. Under federal law, foreign nationals are not permitted to make donations to political campaigns. The Cuomo campaign ultimately rejected the donation when it found out its sou…