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What the Johnny Doc Raids Mean for Philly Politics - article (about the raids)

Posted By: glasc
Date: Tuesday, 9-Aug-2016 09:46:41
www.rumormill.news/53632

In Response To: Fed & State Raid on Hillary Campaign Office - Video (glasc)

What the Johnny Doc Raids Mean for Philly Politics
Read more at http://www.phillymag.com/citified/2016/08/08/johnny-doc-fbi-investigation/#fesDQMqBkRSll03y.99

The landscape for local Democrats could be dramatically reshaped as federal authorities investigate powerful union leader John Dougherty.

It was a weird moment, at once both familiar and unsettling. That scene reminded me of the back-to-back “Stop the presses!” stories that we saw late last week: Joey Merlino, the face of the Philly mob of yesteryear, was arrested on federal racketeering charges on Thursday, and then on Friday the feds conducted highly visible raids on numerous properties connected to the city’s ultimate union mover and shaker, IBEW Local 98 leader John “Johnny Doc” Dougherty.

(snip)

If the case against Merlino (and dozens of other East Coast mobsters) is strong, he could go back to prison, a familiar outcome for a guy who’s already spent large chunks of his adult life behind bars. Dougherty and the local Democratic Party, meanwhile, could be faced with a landscape-altering shakeup.

First, a caveat: Dougherty has not been charged with committing a crime. And he’s had the feds dig into his life before, without it leading to any charges. But Friday’s very public raids made it clear that the the scope of this latest federal investigation is wider than before. Records were hauled out of Local 98’s Spring Garden Street headquarters, Doc ally/Councilman Bobby Henon’s office in City Hall, the South Philly homes of Dougherty and his sister, and the New Jersey home of Local 98’s president, Brian Burrows.

The Inquirer reported that investigators are looking into the union’s finances, and its involvement in political campaigns — like, oh, the recent elections of Mayor Jim Kenney, and state Supreme Court Justice Kevin Dougherty, John’s younger brother. If that wasn’t bad enough, the paper also reported over the weekend that a state grand jury is separately investigating Local 98 over intimidation tactics. That probe was sparked by a fistfight that Johnny Doc was involved in with a non-union worker in South Philly in January.

“It’s troubling and inappropriate that the State Attorney General’s office is talking to the media about an open, ongoing investigation,” Frank Keel, Dougherty’s longtime spokesman, wrote in an email on Sunday. “Any allegations that the union engaged in threats or intimidation are utter fabrications. Regardless of our questions, IBEW Local 98 intends to cooperate with the investigating authorities.”

It almost goes without saying that these twin investigations are being closely watched — and heavily gossiped about — by the region’s political and business leaders. As this BillyPenn chart shows, you could walk into an Election Night party in one corner of Philly or another while blindfolded and still run into a pol who has either received a donation from Local 98, or benefitted from Dougherty’s influence. Dougherty also rose to the head of the city’s building trades council last year, giving him even more clout.

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Read more at http://www.phillymag.com/citified/2016/08/08/johnny-doc-fbi-investigation/#fesDQMqBkRSll03y.99



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