Powerful Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney has welcomed at least three hard-core criminals on to his campaign and office staffs in recent years, shelling out over $100,000 in compensation to them, courtesy of taxpayers and campaign donors, records show.
Sean Doyle was employed by the upstate Democrat’s congressional office as a “special assistant” between December 2016 and March 2018. He brutally attacked his wife, News 12 reporter Blaise Gomez, in November 2017 and March 2019 — punching her, choking her and dragging her by her hair so violently it ripped from Gomez’s scalp, Mid Hudson News and other outlets reported. The 2017 incident was not made public until March 2019.
In a deal with prosecutors, Doyle pled guilty in 2021 to charges of coercion, criminal obstruction of breathing, and three counts of endangering the welfare of a child. He was sentenced to up to 10 years in prison, and is currently incarcerated at the Groveland Correctional Facility in upstate Sonyea.
Federal election commission records show that Maloney’s campaign paid Doyle $29,064 during his time of employment. The congressman’s House office paid him another $30,632, according to House disbursement records.
“Sean Doyle was no longer employed by Rep. Maloney when the office became
aware of his criminal conduct. We didn’t know about any accusations or charges against Mr. Doyle before or during his work for Rep. Maloney, and he would not have been hired had we known,” a rep for Maloney told The Post.
Maloney is the boss of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee whose newly-drawn 17th district will represent parts of Rockland, Westchester, Putnam County and Dutchess Counties.
Theodore Bickley, an alleged member of the upstate Original Gangsta Killas street gang, already had past convictions for felony assault and possessing stolen property when he was busted by the feds in 2011 with $900 in counterfeit money. He was sentenced to six years in prison and paroled in December 2015, records show.
He went to work for Maloney. Between March 2018 and February 2020, Bickley was paid $35,619 from Maloney’s congressional campaign. The congressman paid him more than $47,000 from his House office, where he also worked as a “special assistant,” records show.
When Jonathan Alvarez finished a 12-year stint in prison for manslaughter in 2018, one of his first stops was to Maloney’s office, where he worked as a “Congressional fellow” and “constituent advocate” for seven months between January 2019 and July 2019, according to his LinkedIn.
Alvarez wrote that he “served as liaison with federal agencies on behalf of constituents regarding issues with student loans providers and the USPS, including payment assistance and rectifying loss,” and “addressed constituent concerns and drafted timely correspondence from the Congressman to constituents regarding outcomes.”
Read the full story here.
Scroll down to leave a comment and share your thoughts.