A watchdog group has accused Virginia prosecutor Steve Descano of taking a $5,000 campaign contribution this year from an alleged foreign national.
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee reacts during a heated House Judiciary Committee hearing while defending prominent left-wing billionaire, investor and philanthropist George Soros. is facing accusations of accepting thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from an alleged foreign national, which a spokesperson for the donor denies.
Virginians for Safe Communities wrote to the state's attorney general, Jason Miyares, and its board of elections, calling for an investigation into a $5,000 May donation from an individual named Merck Mercuriadis to Fairfax County Commonwealth's Attorney Steve Descano's campaign. Within its letter, Virginians for Safe Communities says that Mercuriadis, who founded Hipgnosis Songs Fund and has managed famous musicians ranging from Guns N' Roses to Beyoncé, is a music executive"who has had his personal and business life publicly detailed in profiles in the New York Times, Rolling Stone, and other publications" and that his"legal residency and citizenship are repeatedly referenced as British and/or Canadian.
Merck Mercuriadis, left, donated $5,000 to the campaign of Virginia prosecutor Steve Descano in May. A spokesperson for the music executive says he has joint U.S.-U.K. citizenship. Mercuriadis' donation to Descano, which came shortly before his reelection in June, reports his address as "Mr. Mercuriadis is known to be a Canadian-born resident of the United Kingdom, listing a London UK address for himself and his employer," the group wrote in its letter."His income is derived from his principal business which is a registered corporation in Britain."
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