Fired Donovan campaign manager taps Donovan donor for attorney

Political observers speculated Joshua Nassi, Chris Donovan’s ex-congressional campaign manager/confidante, was an unidentified co-conspirator referenced in the federal affidavit released last week following the arrest of Donovan’s finance director.

The affidavit identified one co-conspirator as a male Donovan campaign aide. Donovan, following Robert Braddock Jr.’s arrest for allegedly concealing the source of campaign donations, fired two other campaign workers – Nassi and Deputy Finance Director Sarah Waterfall.

 Donovan (left) and Nassi in better times.

The Hartford Courant today put an end to the speculation and officially named Nassi as an alleged co-conspirator. 

For those who are interested in connections and ironies, here are a few to ponder…

Nassi has hired Bill Bloss of Bridgeport-based Koskoff, Koskoff and Bieder.

That means Bloss, who has so far donated $3,000 to Donovan’s congressional bid, is representing one of the people allegedly involved in a scandal that jeopardizes Donovan’s political future.

From the Federal Election Commission:

Also Bloss has, according to his profile, done legal work for the Connecticut Citizen Action Group. Donovan and Nassi at one point in their careers worked for CCAG, and Nassi’s replacement in the Donovan campaign – Tom Swan – is the group’s executive director.

Here’s the relevant paragraph from Bloss’ bio: “Bill represented Common Cause and Connecticut Citizen Action Group in federal litigation that led to the overhaul of the state primary election system.”