

一 | MIAMI -- A suspended Miami city commissioner who is accused of accepting $245,000 in exchange for voting to approve construction of a sports facility has pleaded not guilty to multiple felony charges, including bribery and money laundering.Alex Diaz de la Portilla did not appear in court Friday, but his attorney, Ben Kuehne, entered the plea for him.Diaz de la Portilla and a co-defendant, Miami attorney William Riley Jr., were arrested Sept. 14.Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended Diaz de la Portilla, who is a fellow Republican, after the commissioner's arrest. Kuehne said Friday that his client was campaigning for the Nov. 7 election to keep his seat on the commission.“We look forward to a vindication of these charges because Alex is not guilty," Kuehne said at the Miami-Dade criminal courthouse, according to the Miami Herald.Kuehne requested that Diaz de la Portilla be tried separately from Riley, WPLG-TV reported.On Friday, Riley's attorney also entered a not guilty plea for his client, who did not appear in court. Riley is accused of being the front for the business that allegedly gave money to the Diaz de la Portilla campaign in exchange for the right to build a sports facility on land that is now a downtown city park.Both men bonded out of jail soon after being arrested, and their next status hearing is Nov. 14. A trial date has not been set.Diaz de la Portilla is a former state legislator and was elected to the city commission in 2019. Investigators said Diaz de la Portilla and Riley accepted more than $15,000 for the Miami-Dade County Court judicial campaign of Diaz de la Portilla’s brother but did not report the money, as required by state law. Riley also controlled a bank account in the name of a Delaware-based corporation to launder about $245,000 in concealed political contributions made by a management services company in exchange for permission to build a sports complex, officials said.Investigators also said Diaz de la Portilla operated and controlled two political committees used both for his brother’s campaign and for personal spending. Records showed one of the committees reported donations of about $2.3 million and the other reported more than $800,000.Diaz de La Portilla and Riley are each charged with one count of money laundering, three counts of unlawful compensation or reward for official behavior, one count of bribery and one count of criminal conspiracy. Diaz de la Portilla is also charged with four counts of official misconduct, one count of campaign contribution in excess of legal limits and two counts of failure to report a gift. Riley is also charged with failure to disclose lobbyist expenses.。1月14日:今天下午,百度地图发布了《2018年中国城市交通报告》,其中公布了2008年第四季度全国100强城市交通拥堵TOP10。具体来说,在2018年第四季度,哈尔滨是最拥挤的城市,北京仅排名第二,重庆排名第三。据了解,哈尔滨市高峰通勤拥挤指数从第三季度的年增长率为3.28%,达到1.975。排名前十的城市有:哈尔滨、北京、重庆、呼和浩特、长春、贵阳、济南、乐山、南京和合肥。上海、清远、长春在缓解拥堵的前十名中排名前三,上海缓解拥堵的程度最为显著,与100个城市的前十名相去甚远。乌鲁木齐、拉萨、衡阳三个城市进入前十名,交通拥堵加剧。就平均通勤成本而言,北京排名第一(49.4分钟),上海(43.3分钟),南京(42.3分钟),分别排名第二和第三。
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