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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCrooked NYPD cop testifies he received tickets to superhero movie premieres, helped Marvel chairman
Crooked NYPD cop testifies he received tickets to superhero movie premieres, helped Marvel chairman Ike Perlmutter get gun permit
https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-metro-villanueva-gun-license-corruption-20181114-story.html
Marvel Entertainment chairman Ike Perlmutter has his own superpower: A hard-to-get New York City gun permit renewed by a crooked cop who testified Wednesday that he scored tickets to red-carpet superhero movie premieres.
Ex-NYPD Sgt. David Villanueva, who has pleaded guilty to accepting bribes while working in the departments scandal-scarred License Division, said under oath that hed received tickets to the movie premieres from Perlmutters assistant, Marisol Garcia.
He described Garcia as a friend and didnt say he spoke directly with Perlmutter. The reclusive Marvel executive is a prominent supporter of President Trump who has been described as a shadow ruler of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
So you went to six premieres for Marvel Comics, right? defense attorney John Meringolo asked.
Ex-NYPD Sgt. David Villanueva, who has pleaded guilty to accepting bribes while working in the departments scandal-scarred License Division, said under oath that hed received tickets to the movie premieres from Perlmutters assistant, Marisol Garcia.
He described Garcia as a friend and didnt say he spoke directly with Perlmutter. The reclusive Marvel executive is a prominent supporter of President Trump who has been described as a shadow ruler of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
So you went to six premieres for Marvel Comics, right? defense attorney John Meringolo asked.
How deep is that freaking swamp?!
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Crooked NYPD cop testifies he received tickets to superhero movie premieres, helped Marvel chairman (Original Post)
Roland99
Aug 2019
OP
Thank you for that clarification. I thought you were calling the NYPD a "swamp". N/T
lapucelle
Aug 2019
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snowybirdie
(5,241 posts)1. WOW, movie tickets!
A true scourge on the earth. Meanwhile, back in DC...........
Javaman
(62,534 posts)7. I guess you missed the part about illegal gun permits.
everyone has a price, this fucking halfwit had been movie tickets. yeah he was bought off cheap but it doesn't make it any less of a fucking crime.
atreides1
(16,094 posts)2. That swamp...
...is deeper then the Marianas Trench....
lapucelle
(18,362 posts)3. What swamp? The NYPD? There are 36,000 cops in NYC. N/T
Roland99
(53,342 posts)4. Referring to Perlmutter's influence with the VA under Twitler
lapucelle
(18,362 posts)5. Thank you for that clarification. I thought you were calling the NYPD a "swamp". N/T
Roland99
(53,342 posts)6. Sorry for the confusion