{"id":113258,"date":"2017-03-24T08:44:38","date_gmt":"2017-03-24T16:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=113258"},"modified":"2017-03-24T08:44:38","modified_gmt":"2017-03-24T16:44:38","slug":"jewish-businessman-jona-rechnitz-pleads-guilty-to-bribing-public-officials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=113258","title":{"rendered":"Jewish Businessman Jona Rechnitz Pleads Guilty To Bribing Public Officials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><A HREF=\"http:\/\/forward.com\/fast-forward\/366919\/jewish-businessman-pleads-guilty-to-bribing-public-officials\/\">Forward<\/a>: A Jewish real-estate investor and prominent donor to New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said he exchanged money for favors from public officials, according to the New York Daily News.<br \/>\nJona Rechnitz\u2019s admission came up in court papers quietly unsealed earlier this month during a federal investigation of de Blasio for possible illegal fundraising. 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