Now that's some real collusion.
Oddly the national media doesn't seem all that interested in a Democrat mayor who was taking thousands of dollars from undercover FBI agents. And getting involved with the Russians.
But Mayor Joy Cooper was a typical Dem. She knew exactly what she wanted. Zeroes. Lots of them.
The landowners — FBI agents working undercover — would help finance Cooper’s re-election run. In return, she would push their construction project through the city commission.
Koslow showed the mayor a proposed donation and asked if it was a “good number.”
“No,” Cooper said. “Add a zero.”
“Three zeros. Is that fine?” Koslow responded. “Yes,” she said.
Cooper, a Democrat, went on to win re-election in November 2012, after soliciting and receiving thousands of dollars that state prosecutors now say were illegal campaign contributions. Cooper, 57, who had served as mayor since 2005, was suspended by Gov. Rick Scott on Friday after she was charged with campaign finance violations, official misconduct and money laundering.
Hillary Clinton might not be available, but if Dems want the next best thing, Cooper might not be in jail yet.
The undercover agents posing as the developers gave Koslow — still unaware of their true identities — a Dunkin’ Donuts bag filled with $100 bills totaling $8,000. They agreed that Koslow “would channel these funds” to Cooper and two of her allies on the city commission, according to the affidavit.
Koslow, aware of the $500 limit on local campaign contributions, told the agents that he would use their funds and his connections to two Russian organizations to have them write checks to Cooper’s campaign.
Mr. Mueller, please pick up your blue Democrat courtesy phone.
“That’s fantastic,” Cooper told Koslow, acknowledging that the donations came from a bunch of Russians living in the United States.
In her campaign treasury report, Cooper listed the donors as “teachers” and one “retiree.”
Or. as the Washington Post would call it, a local crime story.
With Cooper’s suspension from the mayor’s office pending the outcome of her criminal case, Vice Mayor Keith London will serve as acting mayor.
Ironically, after Cooper beat London for the mayor’s post in 2012, she crowed to the Sun Sentinel: “Good always prevails. Didn't your mom tell you that?”
Didn't her mom tell her not to accept illegal cash in donut bags?