4 Democrats on Toledo City Council busted for allegedly taking bribes for votes

Four council members of the Toledo City Council: Larry Sykes, Gary Johnson, Tyrone Riley and Yvonne Harper were charged Tuesday as part of an investigation of a bribery scheme with the city council, a local ABC News affiliate reported.

The four, all Democrats, have been arrested and charged with accepting bribes in exchange for their votes. The bribery charges are in connection to programs receiving federal funds and extortion under the Hobbs Act.

According to special agent Eric Smith, head of the Cleveland field office, the investigation started in 2018 when the FBI was informed that several council scum solicited and accepted cash bribes from business owners in exchange for their council votes.

Smith said that since 2018, the federal investigation yielded surveillance, recordings and financial records that provided damning evidence of the four council members.

“Citizens must be able to trust their elected officials and know that voting decisions are based on what is right for the community and not who paid the most,” Smith said. “This is a fundamental breach of the oaths of office these officials took when assuming office and a breach of trust with those citizens who elected them.”

The bribery charge carries a sentence of up to a mere 10 years in prison while the extortion charge carries a sentence of up to 20 years.

Court documents show that the council members accepted thousands of dollars in bribes and thus deserve to become somebody's bitch in prison.

Councilwoman Harper was additionally charged for having a local attorney, Keith Mitchell, solicit bribes on her behalf. Mitchell was also charged on Tuesday and hopefully will be sharing a cell with a former football player named Bubba.

Picture them in orange if found guilty

The FBI has taken into custody multiple Toledo city council members accused of taking cash in exchange for votes during what is described in court records as a years-long, sweeping bribery scandal involving some of the city’s highest elected officials.https://t.co/5BVGn28DiO

— Robert Faturechi (@RobertFaturechi) June 30, 2020


Toledo Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz [pronounced "Kaps"] said he was “shocked and heartbroken” by the arrests and called it a “terrible day for Toledo — and for everyone who believes in the good that can be accomplished through public service.”

“I have no tolerance for public officials who abuse the trust of the citizens. One of the reasons Toledo has seen relatively little political corruption, historically, is because the public doesn’t tolerate it either,” Kaps said. “These members of the council are entitled to their day in court, and they should be presumed innocent until proven otherwise. I encourage all Toledoans to say a prayer for our city and for the hope that justice will be done in this case.”

One can only wonder, are there any other illegal shenanigans going on within the Democratic Party?

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