A spokesman for Chris Donovan’s 5th District congressional campaign said today that the investigation and report completed by former U.S. Attorney Stanley Twardy cost the campaign $84,000. That’s not counting the $35,000 in accounting services provided by Blum Shapiro to … Continue reading
By Jordan Fenster, Staff Reporter A top legislative aide for 5th district candidate and state House Speaker Chris Donovan has been subpoenaed by a grand jury, as was reported by Kevin Rennie, and though no one will confirm the identity … Continue reading
Editor’s note: This post originally contained an image that incorrectly reported that is was a photo of Josh Nassi. By Jordan Fenster, Staff Reporter Why did a key member of Speaker of the House Chris Donovan’s legislative staff refuse to … Continue reading
By Jordan Fenster, Staff Reporter Chris Donovan’s opponents took shots at the report released Thursday by lawyer Stan Twardy, saying it was narrow and incomplete, biased and pointless. Twardy’s report cleared Donovan of wrongdoing, suggesting he was not aware of … Continue reading
By Jordan Fenster, Staff Reporter It’s a small, small world. Stan Twardy, former U.S. Attorney, released the findings Thursday of an internal investigation into Chris Donovan’s Congressional campaign, clearing the state house speaker of being involved in an alleged plot … Continue reading
By Jordan Fenster, Staff Reporter Chris Donovan will be available to the press at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Meriden’s Hubbard Park, and while he will speak about the internal investigation into possibly illegal campaign finance activity at his campaign that … Continue reading
By Jordan Fenster, Staff Reporter Acknowledging the “limited” scope of his investigation, a lawyer hired to conduct an internal investigation into Chris Donovan’s campaign exonerated the state House speaker and 5th District congressional candidate, granting there may be “holes” in … Continue reading
We’re live-blogging a press conference this morning with former U.S. Attorney Stan Twardy, who will be discussing results of an internal investigation into a fundraising scandal with Chris Donovan‘s 5th District Congress campaign. 11:05 a.m.: Twardy has concluded the press … Continue reading
By Jordan Fenster, Staff Reporter The results from the Chris Donovan 5th District Congress campaign’s internal investigation into possible campaign finance irregularities have not yet been received, according to a campaign spokesman, but they may be released as early as … Continue reading
By Matt DeRienzo, Staff Reporter Chris Donovan has backed himself into a corner by hiring former U.S. Attorney Stan Twardy to conduct an independent investigation into illegal fundraising practices by his campaign. It’s a sign of courage and a clean … Continue reading
Chris Donovan’s campaign will release the results of an independent investigation if and only if the U.S. Attorney’s office gives the OK, according to a campaign spokesperson. Stan Twardy, an attorney, former chief of staff for Gov. Lowell Weicker and … Continue reading
By Randall Beach, Staff Reporter MERIDEN – An embattled Democratic Speaker of the House Christopher Donovan Sunday said he was “sickened” by the allegations against his 5th District congressional campaign staffers but he asserted, “I have done nothing wrong.” Donovan held … Continue reading
By Jordan Fenster, Staff Reporter Chris Donovan will relinquish his role as state House speaker to Majority Leader Brendan Sharkey for the purposes of the upcoming special legislative session, but will remain in the office of speaker of the house, … Continue reading
