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U.S. Department of Justice. Federal Bureau of Investigation. In Reply, Please Refer to File No. Boston, MA 02108 September 17, 2003 Thomas M. Menino Mayor, City of Boston Corruption of State and Local Public Officials This case has been closed. The case was predicated questioned the appropriateness of Mayor Menino's televised conversatior with Sprint Telecommunications. b6 The conversation was part of the televised program. 24/7" which aired the evening of June 1l, 2002. In the segment. b7C in question, the Mayor threatened the company with the loss of a lucrative city contract unless the firm donated $25,000 to the mayoral youth fund. The Mayor is shown having a telephone conversation with discussing the awarding of City of Boston contracts. During the course of their conversation, Menino threatened to give a Boston Housing Authority contract to AT&T, a Sprint competitor, because AT&T is sponsorina a summer youth program while Sprint has done nothing. b6 is present in the segment and is also shown on the b7C will lose the contract if they fail to make the donation.. also assists the Mayor in pressuring Sprint to make the donation. 2002. Assistant United States Attorney. b6 Ctorney's Office,. United States b7C prosecutive merit. The United States Attorneys Office advised. prosecuted. Investigation was initiated, interview conducted, and documents obtained. Documents reviewed included City of Boston contracts; Sprint Telecommunications contract with the City of Boston and AT&T contracts with the City of Boston. Upon review of the evidence available, AusA this matter. This matter will be reopened should sufficient declined prosecution of. b6 b7C information be developed that substantiates the allegations regarding Mayor Menino. This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.