Source: @SakeenahBenj / Radio One
District Attorney Larry Krasner, in his first financial disclosure report as an elected official, said he owed money to a former business partner whom he subsequently hired for a $160,000-a-year advisory position in the prosecutor’s office.
Krasner listed Michael Giampietro as a personal and business creditor in his statement of financial interests, which he filed in May and which covers his finances for 2017. Krasner’s wife, Common Pleas Court Judge Lisa Rau, also listed Giampietro as a creditor in her statement.
The disclosure form did not require Krasner to report how much he owed Giampietro. He did not list him as a creditor in his financial disclosure that covered 2016.
Krasner, a former defense attorney who was elected on a progressive reform platform, declined to be interviewed. He would not reveal the nature or amount of the debt, or when or how it was settled.
Through a spokesman, Krasner said this week that the “business-related financial obligation” to Giampietro “has since been completely satisfied.”
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