Last month, the first in a series of prominent trials produced a guilty verdict, one of several courtroom dramas expected to focus on what federal authorities call a “pay-to-play” criminal enterprise in L.A.
When FBI agents in blue windbreakers strode into Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar’s office and carried out boxes of evidence early one morning in 2018, they also left behind a heavy miasma of suspicion in City Hall that elected city leaders have tried hard to address, but with little success.
Further, the plea agreement states that Englander was offered escort services, but does not state that he accepted escort services. And to clarify that in his July 2020 plea agreement Englander agreed that he had obstructed the FBI’s probe into his acceptance of cash, hotel rooms and meals.
Editor’s note: This article has been updated to clarify that the FBI investigated whether former City Councilman Mitchell Englander obstructed the FBI during its investigation into the question of whether or not he had accepted escort services.
