3-KEY FINDINGS
• Federal prosecutors are examining campaign payments tied to New York Attorney General Letitia James, reopening scrutiny even after multiple prior federal efforts failed to produce sustained charges.
• Investigators are reviewing $36,000 in campaign payments made to a longtime hairdresser between 2018 and 2019, including $22,000 allegedly for use of a Brooklyn salon as a campaign office.
• Prosecutors are seeking cooperation from the hairdresser, recently indicted on unrelated federal bank-fraud charges, raising questions about whether testimony—not new evidence—will drive the probe.
[USA HERALD] – Federal prosecutors have launched a new inquiry into New York Attorney General Letitia James, this time focusing on campaign payments made to her longtime hairdresser during her successful 2018 run for statewide office, according to reports.
The probe centers on approximately $36,000 paid by James’ campaign to Iyesata Marsh, a Brooklyn salon owner and event manager, between May 2018 and February 2019. Roughly $22,000 of that amount was reportedly designated for use of Marsh’s salon space as a campaign office during the final four months of the campaign, as previously reported by Wall Street Journal.
