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Ruben navarrette: the advocate's erroneous testimony about the Trump / Russo proposal is false. He says the county's attorney, Michael murawski, has a copy of all the documents in his file. Navarreette: Murawski is wrong to say that Trump was not registered as a lobbyist.
Ruben navarrette: the advocate's erroneous testimony about the Trump / Russo proposal is false. He says the county's attorney, Michael murawski, has a copy of all the documents in his file. Navarreette: Murawski is wrong to say that Trump was not registered as a lobbyist.
Ruben navarrette: the advocate's erroneous testimony about the Trump / Russo proposal is false. He says the county's attorney, Michael murawski, has a copy of all the documents in his file. Navarreette: Murawski is wrong to say that Trump was not registered as a lobbyist.
In response (to Bellido) whether Ed Russo was drafted
to substitute as a lobbyist in lieu of Carlos J. Gimenez for Donald Trump regarding Crandon Park, Kendall Coffey answers: There was never a specific proposal that the County was considering. There was never an agenda item even for this [Crandon Park Master Plan Advisory Committee]. Russo personally emailed Trumps transmittal letter and 10-page formal proposal to the County on July 2, 2014 at 11:04 a.m. Russo personally emailed the project pro forma at 11:15 a.m. Russo personally emailed the 10page collection of resumes of project sub-consultants at 4:46 p.m. The Advisory Committee, a creature of County government, and whose meetings are convened by County government and are held in County offices, met specifically to consider the Trump/Russo proposal on December 18, 2014. Russo was there. He was first on the agenda. Russo presented to the committee, as reflected in its minutes. The Advocate, Michael Murawski, knew all of that and has a copy of everything in his file. Murawski did not utter a single word to correct Coffeys incredibly erroneous testimony.
@ 27:01
Murawski, introducing the complaint against Trump:
15-04 would be the allegation against Mr. Trump for failing to register as a lobbyist while he was having a discussion with the mayor while on the golf course [in October 2013]. I think weve done a pretty good investigation here as to what happened on the golf course. Trumps lobbying activities commenced with his March 5 letter to Mayor Carlos A. Gimenez, which included a framework Initial Offer, and continued with Trumps
July 2 letter to county parks Director Jack Kardys (and
its included formal proposal/pro forma/team resumes emailed by Russo), and Trumps July 30 check to the county for $25,000. Murawski has all four lobbying documents, each signed by Trump, in his file. Murawski framed his entire recommendation regarding Trump around the golf game only. Murawski entirely ignored Trumps personal, ongoing, formal, written lobbying activities that followed many months later. @ 34:17
In response (to Bellido) whether there were any further
communications between Trump and Gimenez following the Crandon golf course meet and greet, Murawski answers: Not many so March 5, 2014 Trump sends a letter to Gimenez. Gimenez then delegates, Gimenez delegates the response to the letter to Jack Kardys, the parks director, so Gimenez doesnt even respond to that personally. Entirely wrong. Gimenez personally signed the letter response to Trump dated April 15, 2014, on the mayors formal county stationery. Murawski has a copy of the Gimenez letter in his file. What could be more wrong about Murawskis testimony?
@ 35:40
In response (to unrecognized female Commission member)
whether his son and [Mayor] Gimenez ever talked about this ever, Murawski answers: Theres no indication that the mayors son was involved in this deal at all. That provokes a follow-up question (same Commission member): Did you ask Mayor Gimenez if he and his son had ever talked about it casually or otherwise? Murawski answers: I dont recall if I ever asked him that. In fact, Mayor Gimenez and his son DID discuss Trumps proposal. Murawski has a copy of the proof of the Gimenezes conversation in his file. Murawski should should have answered affirmatively, that there was such a conversation.
@ 36:50
Murawski states: So the last piece of the puzzle is, I
guess, 15-06, that is the complaint against the mayor We were a little bit unclear about what he [Crespo] was alleging the mayor did. What we came up with was that there is a section of our code that Ive cited that talks about, Section 2-11.1(s)(10) that says all members of the County Commission and all county personnel shall be diligent to ascertain whether persons required to register have complied. And I believe Mr. Crespos allegation here was that Gimenez was not diligent in ascertaining whether or not Trump was registered as a lobbyist when they were out on the golf course So since the conclusion was that Mr. Trump was not required to be registered as a lobbyist, because he wasnt lobbying on the golf course, then there would be no need for the mayor to ascertain diligently whether or not Mr. Trump was registered as a lobbyist. If Murawski was unclear about Crespos complaint, why didnt he ask Crespo to clarify it? Alternatively, why didnt Murawski read Crespos letter with greater care? Crespos complaint against Gimenez had nothing to do with being diligent. Crespos complaint alleged that Gimenez had failed to comply with County Code Section 2-11.1(bb), well removed from the section Murawski, inexplicably, was drawn to on an apparent hunch. Section 2-11.1(bb) states: Affidavit required. Each person who is elected to serve as a member of the Board of County Commissioners or as Mayor of Miami-Dade County shall execute an affidavit, on a form prepared by the Ethics Commission, stating that he or she has read the Miami-Dade County Conflict of Interest and Code of Ethics Ordinance and agrees to comply with the provisions of said ordinance. Each elected official covered by the requirements of this subsection shall file the required affidavit with the Ethics Commission prior to being sworn into office. Carlos A. Gimenez was sworn into office as Mayor of Miami-Dade County on July 1, 2011. He filed the required affidavit with the Ethics Commission on June 25, 2015 one week after Crespo filed his specific complaint.