Three Anaheim city councilors have returned several campaign donations to donors linked to corruption investigations conducted by the FBI.
Details of alleged fraudulent payment schemes were released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in affidavits that were made public in May involving the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce’s CEO Todd Ament and an unnamed political consultant.
The FBI released a second affidavit that day naming former Anaheim Mayor Harry Sidhu and describing a possible pay-for-play scheme involving the sale of Anaheim Stadium to the Angels baseball team owner Arte Moreno’s development company.
A man attends an Anaheim City Council meeting while holding a sign criticizing Anaheim’s Angels Stadium deal in Anaheim, Calif., on May 24, 2022. (John Fredricks/The Epoch Times)
The investigation reported a self-described “cabal” run by Ament and the unnamed political consultant—widely believed to be Jeff Flint of FSB Public Affairs/Core Strategic Group—that had close ties to Anaheim officials….