ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEWS RELEASE
TONY RACKAUCKAS, District Attorney
Michelle Van Der Linden,Spokesperson
Office: 714-347-8405
Cell: 714-323-4486
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Case # 16CF0269
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A former volunteer treasurer for Congressman Dana Rohrabacher’s re-election committee was sentenced to one year in county jail today for embezzling over $300,000 from campaign funds and his place of employment at the time. Continue reading
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEWS RELEASE
Case # 16CF0269
Date: January 17, 2017
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A former volunteer treasurer for Congressman Dana Rohrabacher’s re-election committee was convicted today of embezzling over $300,000 from campaign funds and business the where the defendant worked. Jack Wenpo Wu, 46, Newport Beach, pleaded guilty to three felony counts of grand theft by embezzlement, 21 felony counts of forgery, with sentencing enhancement allegations for theft exceeding $100,000, aggravated white collar crime over $100,000, and property loss over $200,000. He faces a maximum sentence of four years and four months in state prison in a court offer at his sentencing on March 13, 2017, in Department C-49, Central Justice Center, Santa Ana. The time is to be determined.
In 2004, Wu worked as a volunteer, non-paid treasurer for the Committee to Re-elect Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (Committee). Wu paid taxes owed by the Committee, filed Federal Election Committee reports, was the custodian of records, and ran the Committee’s bank accounts. Continue reading
California State Senator John M. W. Moorlach is hosting a reelection campaign fundraiser on Oct. 13, 2016, fro, 5:40 to 8:30 p.m., at the Balboa Bay Club, on board the yacht “Burning Daylight.”
The fundraiser will be co-hosted by Fred Balitzer and Rod Wilson. Continue reading
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, (R-Texas), one of the Republican Party’s candidates for President, is coming to Orange County, on Thursday, March 31, 2016, at the Pacific Club, located at 4110 MacArthur Blvd., in Newport Beach, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The Cruz campaign is asking donors to pony up $1,000 in order to attend this event, which will feature failed GOP Presidential candidates Carly Fiorina and Jeb Bush. You can RSVP here.
Chairs of the event include U.S. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, the Atlas PAC, something called the Catholic Vote, and the widow and son of deceased former GOP Chairman Tom Fuentes. Continue reading
Scott Peotter and Rick Santorum
I was not surprised when I found out that Newport Beach Councilman Scott Peotter was in hot water for bashing gays. This is what I have come to expect from him.
Over a year ago, when the OC GOP met to decide on whether to endorse Republican Hugh Nguyen, who at the time was running for OC Clerk-Recorder, Peotter stood up and said that it is optional for the OC Clerk-Recorder’s office to perform marriage ceremonies. Peotter said the Clerk-Recorder can either perform all marriages (both same-sex and opposite-sex) or perform no marriages, as we reported. Continue reading
The California Women’s Leadership Association (CWLA) Political Action Committee is hosting a Rooftop Summer Congressional Reception featuring Congressman Ed Royce, Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, and Congresswoman Mimi Walters on Wednesday, August 5, 2015, from 5:30 to 7:30 pm, at the Pacific Life Insurance Company’s headquarters, located at 700 Newport Center Drive, in Newport Beach.
A minimum contribution of $100 per person or $150 per couple is requested. RSVP to cwla@cwla.us.
California Women’s Leadership Association (CWLA) is a 501(c)(4) statewide organization committed to bringing together influential women to effect meaningful change in our communities and government through education and advocacy. Continue reading