Biden labor secretary pick directed more than $1M to girlfriend's employer as mayor, filings show

Posted on AllSides January 18th, 2021
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Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, President-elect Joe Biden's pick to serve as secretary of labor, gave millions of dollars to girlfriend Lorrie Higgins's employer, campaign filings showed.

Walsh's mayoral campaign funneled close to $1.2 million to LB Strategies, where Higgins is employed as a fundraising consultant, according to the filings. The transactions were originally reported in March 2019.

The payments, which have increased in size to $14,650 per month, amount to more than half of the company's political business since 2013, according to Fox News, which cited campaign filings.

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