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Article: Pierce O'Donnell Cleared On All Counts.
- Article from:
- Politics & Government Week
- Article date:
- September 17, 2009
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The U.S. Attorney's Office in Los Angeles has dropped the one remaining campaign finance charge against prominent Los Angeles trial attorney Pierce O'Donnell.
Judge S. James Otero today signed a stipulation order prepared by federal prosecutors to dismiss a felony charge of allegedly causing the treasurer of a political campaign to submit inaccurate reports. Coupled with Judge Otero's decision earlier this month to throw out two other charges, the latest move means that O'Donnell has been cleared of all allegations.
"The government did the right thing by dismissing the final charge and vindicating Pierce in his fight against these allegations," said ...