LA City Councilmember Curren Price Charged With Embezzlement, Perjury
L.A. City Councilmember Curren Price was charged with 10 counts of embezzlement, perjury and conflict of interest Tuesday, the latest city official charged with public corruption in recent years.
Price, 72, has been charged with five counts of grand theft, three counts of perjury and two counts of conflict of interest, according to Tiffany Blacknell, a spokesperson for District Attorney George Gascón's office. The charges stem from "a financial interest in projects that [Price] voted on and having the city pay for medical benefits for his now wife while he was still married to another woman," Gascón said in a news release. In a statement released Tuesday evening, Council President Paul Krekorian said he will introduce a motion at Wednesday's council meeting to suspend Price. Krekorian said Price has resigned as President Pro Tempore of the council, and that he has removed Price from his committee assignments at his request. Joining to discuss the latest is Frank Stoltze, LAist civics and democracy correspondent.
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