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Old 04-28-2015 | 07:02 AM
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Dinner Conversation Led To Federal Corruption Probe

Bloomberg News (4/28, Kocieniewski, Voreacos) reports on the events that transpired during a dinner between United Airlines CEO Jeffery Smisek and Port Authority Chairman David Samson that was originally set to discuss “funding for several projects” but took a turn when Samson proposed that United revive its flight between Newark and Columbia, South Carolina that would eventually become known as “the chairman’s flight.” Bloomberg reports that the U.S. Attorney’s Office in New Jersey is currently investigating “whether United employees made improper attempts to influence Samson at the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey.” Bloomberg reports that “documents reviewed by Bloomberg News indicate there may have been a direct link between the request for the Columbia flight and the Port Authority’s process of approving projects involving the airport” which “raise the possibility of bribery or extortion, according to legal experts who reviewed the information in the documents.”
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