Hillary Clinton seems to draw some interesting supporters.

Among the 11 public officials arrested in an F.B.I. corruption sting in New Jersey today was a leading Democratic supporter of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s presidential campaign in that state, Mayor Samuel Rivera of Passaic.

It was the latest legal embarrassment involving an ally of the Clinton campaign…

What exactly did Mayor Rivera do that was criminal?

Mayor Rivera allegedly promised to deliver a majority of votes on the Passaic City Council to steer city insurance brokerage business to a dummy company set up by the F.B.I.

Federal agents posing as company executives offered a $50,000 payment to Mr. Rivera in return for the business, according to the complaint; Mr. Rivera allegedly accepted an initial installment of $5,000.

Mr. Rivera, according to a transcript of secretly recorded conversations laid out in the complaint, boasted profanely of essentially controlling the seven-member city council. He said that securing a four-vote majority would be “easy, easy, easy,” and, at another point, said the deal was as good as done.

“I make the [expletive] decision. And the council. And believe me, I’ve got the four [expletive] votes on the Council. So let’s stop [expletive], and let’s get this thing rolling,” Mr. Rivera said, according to the complaint.

Nice.

Hat Tip: Epiphany Sorbet

Related posts:

• Democrat Steve Lipski arrested for urination
• Eating On The Government Dime – Phoenix Mayor and Council Swallow $152,000 in Free Food
• All American Satire: Hillary goes to SCOTUS in search of Affirmative Action Delegates
• Hillary is Pro-Gun in Indiana, Anti-gun in Washington
• Hillary Says They Went Too Far In Attacking Barack – Prepping Road for an Obama Veep Spot?