Curren Price, who has served Los Angeles’ Ninth District since 2013, now faces two new public corruption charges. Investigators found that the city’s housing authority and LA Metro paid his wife over $800,000 while Price voted to award multimillion-dollar contracts. Price had already been charged in 2023 with multiple counts of embezzlement, perjury, and conflict of interest related to payments totaling more than $150,000 from developers to his wife’s company before he approved projects.
Beyond California, other Democratic lawmakers are under legal scrutiny. Grand juries in Virginia and Maryland are reviewing potential indictments against New York Attorney General Letitia James and California Senator Adam Schiff over allegations of falsified property records to secure favorable loan terms.
Attorney General Pam Bondi appointed Ed Martin as Special Attorney to oversee the cases, which involve alleged mortgage fraud, bank fraud, and wire fraud—charges that could carry up to 30-year prison sentences. Martin, formerly acting U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C., pledged to follow the facts wherever they lead.
These developments mark a significant wave of legal challenges for Democratic figures at both state and national levels, drawing attention to alleged misconduct and financial wrongdoing among elected officials and prominent political donors.
