カリフォルニア州で最も著名な民主党幹部の1人が、汚職調査が拡大する中で辞職した。
Melahat Rafieiは、カリフォルニア民主党の秘書と民主党全国委員会の州代表の職を辞すると発表しました。
"Fox11ロサンゼルス "は、ソーシャルメディアに投稿された手紙の中で、ラフィエイは、エンゼルスタジアムの売却案に関するFBIの調査の秘密証人となり、自分の役割を巡る論争が妨げになったとして、職を辞したと述べたと報じた。
彼女はまた、アナハイムの文化遺産委員会とOCフェア・イベントセンター委員会の任命された役割も辞めた。
ラフィエイは、2019年にFBIが公務員への贈賄の疑いで彼女を逮捕したというニュースが流れた後、民主党の指導者の支持を失いました。
報道によると、彼女は現在、連邦汚職捜査の「協力的証人：」となっている。
ロサンゼルス・タイムズ紙が報じた。
Melahat Rafiei played a pivotol role in the FBI’s corruption investigation in Anaheim. She’s seen here arriving for the democratic presidential debate at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019. (Photo by Scott Varley, Daily Breeze/SCNG)
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One of the most prominent Democratic officials in California has resigned amid a growing corruption probe.
Melahat Rafiei announced she is resigning from her position as the secretary of the California Democratic Party and State Representative to the Democratic National Committee.
“In a letter posted on social media, Rafiei said she was a confidential witness in the FBI probe of the proposed sale of Angel Stadium and that she resigned from her post, saying the controversy over her role had become a hindrance,” Fox 11 Los Angeles reported.
“Rafiei had been under increasing scrutiny to quit after reports recently surfaced that she had been arrested by the FBI in 2019 for an alleged bribery scheme. She has not been charged,” the outlet added.
Rafiei denied she was involved in any wrongdoing and said she cooperated with the FBI probe.
Rafiei said the investigation had become a “hindrance” and “distraction from the important work of the party.”
“The controversy over my role is now a hindrance,” Rafiei wrote in a letter to the state and national chairmen of the Democratic Party. “The rush to judgment that is all too prevalent in politics these days has made clear to me that, for now, the best course of action for me and for the party is to resign from my positions.”
She also resigned from her appointed roles on Anaheim’s Culture and Heritage Commission and the OC Fair and Event Center Board.
Rafiei lost the support of Democrat Party leadership after news surfaced that the FBI had arrested her on suspicion of bribing public officials in 2019.
Reportedly, she is now a “cooperating witness: in the Federal corruption probe.
The Los Angeles Times reported:
