When his father dies, the boy grows up (a moment dramatized brilliantly by Hou in a single jolting cut), and turns into a quietly wild adolescent of the streets.
According to prosecutors, Ms. Lee is expected to testify that she solicited straw donors in July 2011 at around the same time that Ms. Hou allegedly engaged in the same conduct.
"It's prejudicial, " Gerald Lefcourt, an attorney for Ms. Hou, said in an interview.
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who oversaw the case, said in a statement Ms. Hou and Mr. Pan "stuck a knife into the heart" of the city's campaign-finance law as part of a scheme "to corruptly advantage" Mr. Liu's campaign.
Spokeswoman Hou Hanmin says one suspect involved in the incident is in custody, but did not confirm the ethnicity or identities of the suspect and victims, the newspaper says.
Mr. Liu said he believed in the innocence of Jia "Jenny" Hou, his 26-year-old former campaign treasurer, who was convicted of attempted wire fraud, obstruction of justice and making false statements to federal law-enforcement agents.
Ms. Hou and Mr. Pan were indicted in April 2012 and charged in an alleged scheme to defraud the city of campaign-matching funds through the use of straw donors.
Ms. Hou left the campaign after she was charged in February 2012.
Prosecutors used instant "chat" messages and emails to make the case for jurors that in the summer of 2011 Ms. Lee and Ms. Hou had been discussing ways of committing campaign fraud.
WSJ: John Liu Aide Testifies on Campaign Finance Allegations
In February 2012, Mr. Bharara's office charged Jia Hou, campaign treasurer for New York City Comptroller John Liu, a mayoral candidate, with fraud and obstruction of justice.
On Thursday, Ms. Lee testified for a second day in Manhattan federal court at the trial of Jia "Jenny" Hou, Mr. Liu's former campaign treasurer, and Xing Wu "Oliver" Pan, a longtime campaign contributor.
Ms. Lee told Ms. Hou's attorney, Gerald Lefcourt, that she didn't make the contributions in her own name because, "I was concerned about the perception" of an employee of the comptroller's office contributing to her boss's political campaign.
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