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Associated Press

Aides to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio have been subpoenaed by state and federal prosecutors amid investigations into his campaign fundraising operation, his administration said.
City Hall received subpoenas from the US attorney’s office in Manhattan and from the Manhattan district attorney’s office, mayoral counsel Maya Wiley said on Wednesday.
A statement issued by Wiley said de Blasio had not been “personally served”, but it didn’t reveal the subject or recipients of the subpoenas.
Follow-up inquiries to the mayor’s office went unanswered on Wednesday night.
De Blasio, a Democrat serving his first term as mayor, has not been accused of any wrongdoing and has said he and his team did not violate any campaign finance laws.
The mayor and his administration were fully cooperating with the ongoing probes, Wiley said.
On Monday, De Blasio said that he and his aides have “unequivocally” abided by all campaign finance laws.
“We welcome a full airing of the facts,” he said. “I want all the facts out there because I’m quite convinced the facts will show that everything was done legally and appropriately.”
The subpoenas come as a series of loosely related public corruption investigations coordinated by US Attorney Preet Bharara have trained a spotlight on de Blasio’s administration. Some parts of the multifaceted probe concern fundraising.
We welcome a full airing of the facts. I want all the facts out there because I’m quite convinced the facts will show that everything was done legally and appropriately
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio
The top investigator at the state’s Board of Elections asked prosecutors in January to investigate whether the mayor’s advisers broke the law by channelling campaign contributions to Democratic state Senate candidates through a committee not subject to donation limits, so as to evade them.
De Blasio has called the Board of Elections report outrageous.
Attorney Laurence Laufer, who worked for de Blasio’s 2013 campaign, said in a letter on Sunday to the election board’s chief enforcement officer that the law allowed the types of donations in question.
“I am deeply troubled that your office made a criminal referral that was based on a complete misreading and utter disregard of the state’s unambiguous election laws, and that your blatantly political document was leaked to the press,” he wrote.


Aides to New York City mayor subpoenaed amid campaign fundraising probes

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks during a news conference in New York in March, 2016. Aides to de Blasio have been subpoenaed by state and federal prosecutors amid investigations into his campaign fundraising operation, his administration said on April 27. Photo: AP

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