Oct 30, 2008 5:51 pm US/Eastern
Big Names Pulled Into Wilkerson Probe
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Photo provided by the U.S. Attorney's Office as evidence. prosecutors say this picture was taken while Dianne Wilkerson received a cash bribe from an undercover agent.
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Several powerful people who dealt with
State Sen. Dianne Wilkerson are now being dragged into her corruption case by investigators.
At this point, Wilkerson is the only target of the investigation, and authorities only want to talk to those who dealt with her.
Boston Mayor Tom Menino told
WBZ Radio Thursday morning he has received a subpoena.
He said investigators have asked him for any e-mails or phone messages he may have held onto in the past eighteen months.
Later in the day, Menino told WBZ-TV:
"I've been told by federal authorities that I'm not a target and my name has been dragged into it and that's unfortunate."
According to the
Boston Globe, "federal authorities blanketed the State House and City Hall with subpoenas"
Senate President Therese Murray, Senator Michael Morrissey of Quincy, City Councilor Chuck Turner, and the developers of Columbus Center are some of the names on the long list obtained by the paper.
Read more in
Matt Viser's article.
Morrissey moved to
expel Wilkerson from the Senate in an informal session Thursday.
Sen. Bruce E. Tarr (R-Gloucester) told the
Boston Herald he fears Wilkerson's arrest has opened a can of worms.
"One of the things we rely on prosecutors for is their judgment to look at the evidence and determine who is charged. That said, I would be surprised if there wasn't further investigation work to be done here," Tarr said, adding a discussion in the affidavit detailing different bribe amounts for politicians read like "a how-to manual."
Read more in the story by
Laurel Sweet and Hillary Chabot.
Wilkerson
announced Wednesday she will continue her write-in campaign, despite her arrest.
Her opponent, Sonia Chang-Diaz, has no public events before Election Day.
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