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Officials with the district attorney's office on Tuesday morning executed a search warrant at Landmark's office in Ontario, Calif., according to a source who works at Landmark and was present during the raid. The exact nature of the district attorney's investigation is unclear.
"After they gathered everybody in the main area of the building, yeah, there was just an announcement that they had a search warrant, we weren't to touch anything work related, we weren't to touch any type of phones, we weren't allowed to leave the area until we were identified and questioned," the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told TPM.
According to the source, Ahmed was not present at Landmark's office during the raid.
Landmark's human resources manager, Ladonna Hieber, told TPM on Thursday that the company had "no comment on anything," but that she was aware that this reporter was attempting to contact Landmark employees.
"My employees aren't supposed to speak to you," Hieber said.
The district attorney's office also declined to comment on the raid.
"I'm not going to confirm or deny it," Susan Kang Schroeder, chief of staff to the Orange County district attorney, told TPM on Thursday.
Ahmed had practically no history of political giving, and Landmark had little public profile, before he began giving large amounts of money to Obama, Democrats, and Democratic outside spending groups in 2012. Ahmed and his wife contributed well over a million dollars to Democratic efforts in 2012 -- with the bulk of the money going to Priorities USA Action, the most prominent Obama-supporting super PAC.
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"After they gathered everybody in the main area of the building, yeah, there was just an announcement that they had a search warrant, we weren't to touch anything work related, we weren't to touch any type of phones, we weren't allowed to leave the area until we were identified and questioned," the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told TPM.
According to the source, Ahmed was not present at Landmark's office during the raid.
Landmark's human resources manager, Ladonna Hieber, told TPM on Thursday that the company had "no comment on anything," but that she was aware that this reporter was attempting to contact Landmark employees.
"My employees aren't supposed to speak to you," Hieber said.
The district attorney's office also declined to comment on the raid.
"I'm not going to confirm or deny it," Susan Kang Schroeder, chief of staff to the Orange County district attorney, told TPM on Thursday.
Ahmed had practically no history of political giving, and Landmark had little public profile, before he began giving large amounts of money to Obama, Democrats, and Democratic outside spending groups in 2012. Ahmed and his wife contributed well over a million dollars to Democratic efforts in 2012 -- with the bulk of the money going to Priorities USA Action, the most prominent Obama-supporting super PAC.
Via: TPM
Continue Reading....
