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From the L.A. Business Journal website (which updates with local breaking news these days:)
Charges were dismissed Thursday against six associates of trial attorney Pierce O’Donnell who were accused of conspiring to launder $25,000 in campaign contributions to Los Angeles Mayor James Hahn’s 2001 mayoral campaign, according to an attorney in the case.O’Donnell, also a defendant in the criminal investigation by the District Attorney’s Office, was not dismissed from the case.
Judge Ann Jones disagreed with O’Donnell’s argument that the District Attorney could not bring charges in a case that essentially involved violations of the city’s charter. Another O’Donnell associate also remains in the case.
But the judge dismissed the charges against five of his associates because their immunized testimonies were improperly used against them by county prosecutors.
DA Steve Cooley said he might appeal the dismissals.
Previously:
Pierce O'Donnell pushed to sing on Hahn
O'Donnell's heavy hitters
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