Attorney General Rob Bonta had been in the state’s top law enforcement job for a month when he accepted more than $16,000 in campaign donations from a large Southern California casino called the Bicycle.
The Bicycle Casino was among several businesses and individuals to contribute precisely $16,200 — the highest amount then allowed by state regulators — to Bonta’s campaign in 2021, as the AG immediately began running to keep his job in the next year’s election.
But the casino’s donation was unique. It came as federal authorities and officials from the California Bureau of Gambling Control, a division of Bonta’s office, were investigating the Bicycle on suspicion of failing to address money laundering in its cardroom — an allegation that could have resulted in criminal charges or millions of dollars in fines.
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