Former Anaheim mayor pleads guilty to federal charges

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2. From the story:

In a January 2022 conversation covertly recorded by the FBI, Sihdu repeated the million-dollar figure: “Because I am hoping to get at least a million … I’m going to be pushing for it. [Angels representative] actually asked me. He said, ‘What can I do for your election?’ I said, ‘Let me finish your deal first, and then we’ll talk about that.’”

When FBI agents interviewed Sidhu on May 12, 2022, the plea agreement said, he “falsely stated” that he expected “nothing” from the Angels after the stadium deal was completed, that he did not conduct city business from his personal email and that “he did not recall ever providing information about the Stadium sale to the Angels consultant during negotiations over that sale.”

(The Liberal OC 8/16/23)