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A Congressman Had an Affair. Then He Put His Lover on the Payroll.
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| Contributor | BrentinCO |
| Last Edited | BrentinCO Sep 23, 2024 06:33pm |
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| News Date | Tuesday, September 24, 2024 12:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | As a proud son of Nassau County’s vaunted Republican machine, Representative Anthony D’Esposito of New York knows well the power of political patronage. Every member of his immediate family has held a town or county job, and as a local official, he routinely helped friends find spots on the government payroll.
Yet even by those standards, Mr. D’Esposito’s hiring decisions since he won a seat in Congress in 2022 have been audacious — and in two cases may have transgressed ethics rules designed to combat nepotism and corruption. |
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