D.A. Seeks to Refile Laundering Charges
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
The Los Angeles County district attorney’s office filed an appeal Monday to have charges of political money laundering reinstated against five associates of attorney Pierce O’Donnell.
Prosecutors said 17 people testified to city Ethics Commission staff that O’Donnell assistant Delores Valdez had requested that they make contributions to James K. Hahn’s 2001 mayoral campaign, and they allegedly “received O’Donnell’s reimbursement checks from Valdez.”
O’Donnell has pleaded not guilty to laundering charges.
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