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flamingdem

(39,304 posts)
Fri Sep 7, 2012, 04:39 PM Sep 2012

Key witness fails to appear in federal probe of congressional race (UPDATED Fri: 10:30pm est)

Last edited Fri Sep 7, 2012, 10:30 PM - Edit history (2)

Source: Miami Herald

A key witness in the federal investigation against U.S. Rep. David Rivera failed to show up for an interview with prosecutors and FBI agents, and her family says they are worried of her whereabouts.

Ana Alliegro, a campaign manager for former Democratic congressional candidate Justin Lamar Sternad, is at the center of the federal probe of Sternad and Rivera. FBI agents are investigating whether the Republican congressman used Alliegro to secretly fund Sternad’s primary race against Rivera’s longtime rival, Joe Garcia. Garcia easily won the Aug. 14 primary.

Alliegro never showed up to give a statement to investigators. She had been scheduled to testify Thursday before a federal grand jury in Fort Lauderdale, but her lawyer Mauricio Padilla worked out a deal to speak directly to investigators.

“I am very worried,” said her mother, Agueda “Gudy” Alliegro in an interview with El Nuevo Herald on Friday.
Gudy Alliegro said the last time she spoke with her daughter was Wednesday night when she talked about driving with her father to the interview with investigators. But she never showed up at the family home in Little Havana, recalls the mother.

UPDATED STORY FRIDAY NIGHT 10:30 pm EST:
http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/09/07/2989814/key-witness-fails-to-appear-in.html#storylink=cpy

Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/09/07/2989814/key-witness-fails-to-appear-in.html



Dirty business in Florida.
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Key witness fails to appear in federal probe of congressional race (UPDATED Fri: 10:30pm est) (Original Post) flamingdem Sep 2012 OP
That is dirty business in Florida! nt Firebrand Gary Sep 2012 #1
This... lexw Sep 2012 #2
Illinois politics secondvariety Sep 2012 #3
No shock here if she got "Aikin-ized" by KKKarl Roves Cylons............ kooljerk666 Sep 2012 #4
The plot thickens, I put a link in the OP about new information flamingdem Sep 2012 #5

flamingdem

(39,304 posts)
5. The plot thickens, I put a link in the OP about new information
Fri Sep 7, 2012, 10:31 PM
Sep 2012

She's okay says mom, and of course innocent!

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